CM-P-2 Reaction Mechanisms (Lecture + exercise course)

Course content

Intended learning outcomes:
The students understand the chemical reactivity of organic molecules and are able to apply chemical reactions specifically to modify molecules. They are able to formulate and classify the underlying organic chemical reaction mechanisms. With their help, they are able to make mean-ingful statements about the success of planned reaction paths from the starting molecule to the target molecule and to explain the main and by-products. The students know methods to explain reaction mechanisms and can assess and discuss their range of application and significance.

Course content:
Lecture: Orbitals and stereochemistry, enolate chemistry, radical reactions, photochemical reactions, pericyclic reactions, rearrangements, transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling, C-H activation, metathesis, organocatalysis, photoredox catalysis, methods to elucidate reaction mechanisms, kinetics of organic chemical reactions.
Exercise: Deepening and consolidating the material presented in the lecture, working on exercises.