Information Package / Course Catalogue
Organic Reaction Mechanisms-I
Course Code: KİM621
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Learning to synthesis methods, predict to by-product and new synthesis method for the carbon compounds.

Course Content

Investigation of basic mechanism in the organic chemistry

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Comprehension of the behavior of the basic chemical functional groups
2.Knowledge of the basic reaction mechanism
3.Ability to usage of the spectroscopic data in the mechanism
4.Critically investigation to new reaction mechanism in the literature
5. to be able to identify base, acid, nucleofilic and electrophilic properties
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Organik Kimya: Solomon
2.Organik Kimya: Fessenden
3.Carey, F.A., Sundberg, R.J., Advanced Organic Chemistry: Part A and B, Plenum Press, N.Y., 1991
4.Miller, B., Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions and mechanisms, Prentice Hall, N.J., 2004.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Radical reaction mechanisms: Displacements
Week 2 - Theoretical
Radical reaction mechanisms: rearrangements and additions
Week 3 - Theoretical
Radical reaction mechanisms: reductions
Week 4 - Theoretical
Radical reaction mechanisms: oxidations
Week 5 - Theoretical
Addition reaction mechanisms: Addition to C=C double bonds
Week 6 - Theoretical
Addition reaction mechanisms: Addition to C=O double bonds
Week 7 - Theoretical
Addition reaction mechanisms: Addition to C=N double bonds
Week 8 - Theoretical
Conjugate Addition reaction mechanisms (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Conjugate Addition reaction mechanisms
Week 10 - Theoretical
Elimination reaction mechanisms
Week 11 - Theoretical
Elimination reaction mechanisms
Week 12 - Theoretical
Displacement reaction mechanisms: aliphatic compounds
Week 13 - Theoretical
Displacement reaction mechanisms: aliphatic compounds
Week 14 - Theoretical
Displacement reaction mechanisms: aliphatic compounds
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment150050
Midterm Examination140242
Final Examination160262
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)196
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
3
3
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026