Information Package / Course Catalogue
Stereochemistry
Course Code: KİM625
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

The objective of this course is to give the students understanding of three-dimensional structures of the cyclic and acyclic molecules, the concept of chirality and their application of organic chemistry. Also They learned stereochemistry in heteroatom include structures.

Course Content

Chiralitiy and stereochemistry in carbon and heteroatom include structures.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding of chirality, diastereomer and enantiomer concept
2.Understanding of stereochemistry in heteroatom structure
3.Understanding of chirality and their importance in biology
4.Understanding of enantiomeric synthesis and enantiomer separation
5.Understanding the difference between isomers.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Stereochemisrty, David G. Morris, David Morris, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2002.
2.Organic Stereochemistry, Michael J. T. Robinson, Oxford Science Publications, 2000
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to stereochemistry, Informations about conformation and configuration isomers
Week 2 - Theoretical
Introduction to stereochemistry, Informations about conformation and configuration isomers
Week 3 - Theoretical
Optical activity; chirality and enantiomers; racemic compounds
Week 4 - Theoretical
Absolute configuration and enantiomeric excess
Week 5 - Theoretical
molecules with two (or more) stereogenic centres; diastereoizomers and meso compounds
Week 6 - Theoretical
Enantiomeric separation methods; structure characterization
Week 7 - Theoretical
Molecules without stereogenic centre and determination of absolute configurations
Week 8 - Theoretical
Molecules without stereogenic centre and determination of absolute configurations ( Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Stereoisomerism in cyclic structures
Week 10 - Theoretical
Stereoisomerism in cyclic structures
Week 11 - Theoretical
Chirality without stereogenic Carbon
Week 12 - Theoretical
Importance of chiral molecules and chiral drugs
Week 13 - Theoretical
Stereoisomerizm in heteroatom structure
Week 14 - Theoretical
Synthesis of enantiomeric compounds
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment160060
Individual Work142035
Midterm Examination129231
Final Examination130232
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
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
4
5
3
3
5
3
OÇ-2
4
4
5
5
4
3
3
5
3
OÇ-3
5
4
4
5
3
3
5
3
OÇ-4
4
5
5
5
5
3
3
5
3
OÇ-5
4
5
5
5
5
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