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2017　Advances and Applications in Organic Chemistry II

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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Instructor(s)
Akita Munetaka  Yoshizawa Michito 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue1-2(S423)  
Group
-
Course number
CAP.A347
Credits
1
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

[Summary of the course] This course focuses on the basic topics of organic reactions and organic structural changes triggered by "light". Photo(sunlight)-driven catalytic reactions as well as photo-responsive molecular assemblies are also the subjects of this course. For students at the other undergraduate majors, the course covers the fundamentals of organic chemistry and provides the opportunity to learn advanced science and technology as well as fundamentals in the fields of applied chemistry.
[Aim of the course] Most of organic reactions studied in the lectures of Organic Chemistry I-IV are induced by thermal activation. In contrast, there are many important reactions occurring only upon photo activation, such as biological photosynthesis. Thus, the aim of this course is to facilitate students' understanding of relationships between "organic chemistry" and "light", and the basic topics of historical photoreactions, catalytic photoreactions, and the changes of organic structures and molecular assemblies upon photo-irradiation.

Student learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to understand and explain the following issues:
(1) Relationships between light and organic reaction.
(2) Historical photoreactions.
(3) The basis and applications of catalytic photoreactions.
(4) Relationships between light and organic structures.
(5) Relationships between light and molecular assemblies.
(6) Relationships between light and biology.

Keywords

Light, Organic reactions, Catalytic recations, Organic strcuture, Molecular assembly, Biology

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Lectures will be given in the following order: (1) relationships between light and organic reaction, (2) historical photoreactions, (3) the basis and application of catalytic photoreactions, (4) relationships between light and organic structures, (5) relationships between light and molecular assemblies, and (6) relationships between light and biology. Students' understanding will be checked by practice problems in the last class.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Light and organic reaction Explain relationships between light and organic reaction.
Class 2 Historical photoreactions Explain historical photoreactions.
Class 3 Light and catalytic reaction (1): basis Explain the basis of catalytic photoreactions.
Class 4 Light and catalytic reaction (2): application Explain the application of catalytic photoreactions.
Class 5 Light and organic structures Explain relationships between light and organic structures.
Class 6 Light and molecular assemblies Explain relationships between light and molecular assemblies.
Class 7 Light and biology Explain relationships between light and biology.
Class 8 Practice problems and interpretation for confirming the level of understanding Solve practice problems from the contents of this class.

Textbook(s)

None required.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Reference books:
Hikari-Kagaku I, Maruzen, ISBN:978-4-621-04656-2
Kagaku no Youten 5, Denshi-Ido, Kyoritu Shuppan, ISBN:978-4-320-04410-4
Handouts will be distributed.

Assessment criteria and methods

Course scores are based on quizes or question-and-answer (50%) and practice problems (50%).

Related courses

  • Advances and Applications in Organic Chemistry I

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

No prerequisites.

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