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Organic and Biological Chemistry B - CBMS804
Biological systems carry out a huge range of complex organic reactions to achieve growth, to reproduce and to compete. Specific topics covered in this unit include: metal-mediated reactions and their applications in pharmaceutical and biological sciences; aromaticity; heterocyclic chemistry; nucleotides, DNA and RNA; photochemistry, pericyclic reactions and quantum mechanics for organic chemistry. This unit requires good skills in organic chemistry; a background in other aspects of chemistry and/or biochemistry will be advantageous.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day |
| Staff Contact(s): | Associate Professor Andrew Try, Dr Fei Liu, Professor Peter Karuso |
| Prerequisites: |
(Admission to MBiotech or MLabQAMgt or PGDipLabQAMgt or PGCertLabQAMgt or MRadiopharmSc or MSc) and permission of Executive Dean of Faculty |
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| NCCW(s): | CBMS841 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences Faculty of Science |
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