COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ORGANIC REACTIONS AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 6054 ORGANIC REACTIONS AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP ALP

Offered to

Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give students photochemical reactions of organic molecules and related concepts

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have knowledge of the terms and concepts of Photochemistry of organic compounds;
2   Have knowledge of the thermal rearrangement and elimination reactions;
3   Have knowledge of the Photochemical excitation and photochemical reactions
4   Interpret the mechanisms of photochemical reactions;
5   Have knowledge of the cycloaddition reactions and molecular orbital symmetry and their stereochemistry

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Photochemistry
2 Thermal rearrangement and elimination reactions
3 Photochemical Excitation
4 Introduction to photochemical reactions
5 Photochemistry of aromatic compounds
6 The mechanism of photochemical reactions
7 Molecular orbital symmetry reactions
8 Electrocyclic reactions and stereochemistry
9 Sigmatropic reactions and stereochemistry
10 Cycloaddition reactions, Diels-Alder reaction
11 Homework
12 Homework
13 Homework
14 Homework

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): John D.Coyle, Introduction to Organic Photochemistry , John Wiley and Sons Ltd.1986
Charles H.Depuy, Orville L. Chapman, Molecular Reactions and Photochemistry,, Prentice-Hall. Inc. 1972
Supplementary Book(s): Paul Suppan, Chemistry and Light ,The Royal Society of Chemistry 1994
References:
Materials: Other photochemistry books, Ppt presentations which published on the internet

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Pressentation, describing the subject, question-answer, sampling, homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be assessed with homework presentation and questions which will be asked in final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

During the semester, the responsibility to continues 70% of the courses is student s self-owned. And must be observed the specified time about course times. Unethical behavior that may occur in class and on exams, will be acting within the framework of the relevant regulations. Teaching and examination implementation principles regulations of D.E.Ü Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences can be found at Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences web page.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for Final Exam 1 60 60
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing Individual Assignments 4 20 80
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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