Prerequisites: CHM 402
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Course Contents
Principles of retrosynthetic analysis: Linear and convergent synthesis, Synthesis under steric control, Regio- and stereoselective synthesis, Basic synthetic methods.
Methodolgies for the construction of 3-7 membered rings, medium and large rings. Application in natural product synthesis.
Methodolies for the construction of 3-7 membered heterocyclic rings. Application In organic synthesis.
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Books and References
Corey and Cheng, The Logic of Chemical Synthesis, Wiley, 1989.
Nicolaou and Sorensen, Classics in Total Synthesis, 1996.
Nicolaou and Snyder, Classics in Total Synthesis II, 2003.
Carey and Sundberg, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part I and II, 4th ed., 2000.