Course overview
- Course codeFKBT145
- ECTS credits15
- DepartmentCHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- Graduate schoolChemistry
- Starts2027-01-01
- PeriodicityEvery year
- LanguageEnglish
- ApplicationContact the course coordinator
Course coordinator
- Nina Kann
- Head of Unit, Applied Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
About the course
Methods for functional group transformations. Retrosynthetic analysis. Synthetic strategies, including atom efficiency and environmental/health aspects. Protecting groups. Reactivity and selectivity of different reagents and functional groups. Modern methods for the formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds.
Application information
A basic course in organic chemistry is a prerequisite, and a more advanced course such as KBT036 (Advanced Organic Chemistry) at Chalmers is recommended before taking this course.
Application information
A basic course in organic chemistry is a prerequisite, and a more advanced course such as KBT036 (Advanced Organic Chemistry) at Chalmers is recommended before taking this course.
More information
Nina Kann (Chalmers) kann@chalmers.se
Literature
Nicolaou, Yu, and Rigol - Classics in Total Synthesis IV, Wiley-VCH, 2025
Lecturer
Carl-Johan Wallentin (GU), Nina Kann (Chalmers) and others