| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2 |
| Old unit code |
510.102 |
| Content |
This unit is primarily for science students who intend to major in Chemistry or proceed with Level 2 chemistry major units and is a natural follow-on from CHEM1101 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry.
The unit explores the synthesis, reactions, uses and properties of the various classes of organic compounds and co-ordination compounds. Underlying concepts such as bonding, mechanism, stereochemistry, acid-base chemistry, equillibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics are revised and developed as required. Spectroscopic analysis and laboratory exercises give an insight into the everyday practice of organic chemistry. |
| Assessment |
This comprises an examination (50 per cent), continuing assessment (25 per cent) and laboratory work (25 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is available for those students who obtain a mark of 45 to 49 inclusive in this unit (see University General Rule 1.2.1.25). |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Dr Scott Stewart |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: satisfactory performance (scaled score of 50 per cent or more) in TEE Chemistry or equivalent. Students with a raw score of less than 40 per cent must consult a Level 1 chemistry adviser. |
| Incompatibility: CHEM1103 Biological Organic Chemistry |
Contact hours—lectures: 3 hrs per week; labs: 3 hrs per week (for 9 weeks)
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| Note |
A partial requirement for membership of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute is a substantial Level 1 study (normally 12 points) of all three branches of chemistry. This unit, with CHEM1101 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, constitutes such a study. |
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