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PSC1021 - Bioorganic and medicinal chemistry I

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Coordinator(s)

Dr Bim Graham

Offered

Parkville

First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides students with an introduction to the fundamentals of organic chemistry, with an emphasis on those aspects that are relevant to understanding the structure, properties and mechanism of action of therapeutic agents.

Topics include:

chemical structure, bonding and shape
introduction to organic chemistry
alkanes and cycloalkanes
alkenes and alkynes
chirality
haloalkanes
alcohols, ethers and thiols
benzene and its derivatives
spectroscopy/pharmaceutical analysis

Outcomes

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

Apply the key concepts in chemical structure and bonding, including functional groups, to rationalising the shape, properties and reactions of molecules;
Explain the role of molecular shapes and electronic distributions as the basis for drug-receptor interactions;
Be proficient in basic laboratory techniques.

Assessment

Final written examination (3 hours): 60%; mid-semester test: 10%; practical classes: 15%; tutorial classes: 10%; in-class exercises: 5%

Workload requirements

Contact hours for on-campus students:

Twenty five 1-hour lectures
Six 1-hour tutorials
Five 3-hour lab practicals
Three 3-hour computer-based workshops

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Bim Graham

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.monash.edu/pharm/current/