Organic Chemistry I (MCH 402)
​Stereochemistry
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Elements of symmetry
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Chirality, molecules with more than one chiral center
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Threo and erythro isomers
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Methods of resolution, optical purity
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Enantiotopic and diastereotopic atoms, groups and faces
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Stereoselective and stereospecific synthesis
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Asymmetric synthesis
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Chirality due to helical shape
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Stereochemistry of compounds containing nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorous
Organic Chemistry II (MCH 407)
Pericyclic reactions
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Molecular orbital symmetry, Frontier orbitals of ethylene, 1,3-butadiene, 1,3,5-hexatriene and allyl system.
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Classification of periycyclic reactions.
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Woodward-Hoffmann correlatino diagrams.
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FMO and PMO approach.
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Electrocyclic reactions-conrotatory and disrotatory motions,4n 4n+2 and allyl systems.
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Cycloadditions-antarafacial and suprafacial additions, 4n and 4n+2 systems, 2+2 addition of ketenes, 1,3 dipolar cycloadditions and cheleotrpic reactions.
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Sigmatropic rearrangements-suprafacial and antarafacial shifts of H, sigmatropic involving carbon moieties, 3,3- and 5,5 sigmatropic rearrangements.
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Claisen, Cope and aza-Cope rearrangements.
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Fluxional tautomerism.
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Ene reaction.
Photochemistry (MCH 502)
Miscellaneous Photochemical Reactions
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Photo-Fries rearrangement
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Photo-Fries reactions of anilides
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Barton reaction
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Singlet molecular oxygen and its reactions
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Photochemical formation of smog
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Photodegradation of polymers
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Photochemistry of vision