Classification of organic reactions, reactive intermediates: radicals, carbocations, carbanions, acids & bases, electrophilic aromatic substitution, electrophilic addition to double bonds, HSAB concept, nucleophilic substitution at sp3 hybridized carbon centres (SN1/SN2 reactions), nucleophilic aromatic substitutions, eliminations, oxidations, reductions.

Organic synthesis; purification of organic substances by recrystallization, distillation, column chromatography, and extraction; characterization of organic substances using IR spectroscopy, thin-layer chromatography, and melting point analysis; writing scientifically accurate reports.

This course builds on the material learned in Organic Chemistry I or Organic Chemistry II for Biology/Pharmacy Students. Topics include advanced concepts and mechanisms of organic reactions and introductions to pericyclic and organometallic reactions. The basics or retro- and forward synthesis are also introduced.

Detailed discussion of selected modern transition metal catalyzed reactions from a synthetic and mechanistic viewpoint