| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1, offshore teaching period (see Timetable) |
| Old unit code |
510.211 |
| Content |
This unit is compulsory for all students taking any major in Chemistry, except those who take CHEM2210 Structure Determination and Physical Chemistry and CHEM2221 Biological and Medicinal Chemistry in combination with BIOC2201 Biochemistry of the Cell and BIOC2202 Biochemical Regulation of Cell Function. (See Science Faculties' Rule 9.2.6.13 in the Undergraduate Handbook for the major sequence in Chemistry.)
The unit covers many of the basic and important principles of inorganic and organic chemistry, with an emphasis on modern methods for the synthesis of molecules. Topics include structure and its determination, reagents and reactions, catalysis, clean chemistry, solid-state reactions, aromatic chemistry, and all aspects of stereochemistry. An emphasis is placed on contemporary methods for the synthesis of the carbon–carbon bond, and modern materials and their properties. |
| Assessment |
This includes an examination (50 per cent), laboratory work (30 per cent) and continuous assessment (20 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Associate Professor George Koutsantonis |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), Singapore |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: (CHEM1101 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and CHEM1102 Organic Chemistry) or (CHEM1103 Biological Organic Chemistry and CHEM1104 Biological Inorganic and Physical Chemistry); CHEM2210 Structure Determination and Physical Chemistry (may be taken concurrently). Students with a distinction or better in CHEM1105 Introductory Chemistry and (CHEM1104 Biological Inorganic and Physical Chemistry or CHEM1106 Biological Chemistry) may proceed, with advice, to Level 2 chemistry units. |
Contact hours—lectures: 3 hrs per week; labs: 6 hrs per week (for 6 weeks)
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| Unit Outline | http://www.unitoutlines.science.uwa.edu.au/Units/CHEM2211/SEM-1/2010 |
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