COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FREE RADICAL CHEMISTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 6003 FREE RADICAL CHEMISTRY 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 GÜLSIYE ÖZTÜRK

Offered to

Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give the structure of the radicals and the reaction mechanisms

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have knowledge of the structures and stabilities of radicals
2   Have knowledge of the reaction mechanisms of radicals
3   Have knowledge of the reactivities of the free radicals
4   Have knowledge of production of free radicals
5   Make synthetic applications related to radicals

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Radical Structure and Stability
2 Reactions and Mechanisms
3 Reactivity of Free Radicals
4 Production of Free Radicals
5 Radical-Radical Reaction
6 Substitution Reactions
7 Addition and Fragmentation Reactions
8 Cyclization and Rearrangements
9 Aromatic Substitutions
10 Application in Synthesis
11 Homework
12 Homework
13 Homework
14 Applications

Recomended or Required Reading

Jacques Fossey, Daniel Lefort, Janine Sorba, Free Radicals in Organic Chemistry , John Wiley and Sons, 1995.
Thomas H-Lowry, Kathleen S. Richardson, Mechanism and Theory in Organic Chemistry Harper and Row, Publisherd, New York, 1981

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

English

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)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry e-mail: serap.alp@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday, Thursday 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 3 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 3 30
Preparation for final exam 1 75 75
Preparing assignments 3 20 60
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 199

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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