Syllabus academic year 2009/2010
(Created 2009-08-11.)
COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURE ANALYSISKOK095

Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: G2 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in English on demand. KOK095 overlap following cours/es: KOK040, KOK040, KOK040 och KOK040. Optional for: B4l, K4l. Course coordinator: Dr Karl-Erik Bergquist, karl-erik.bergquist@organic.lu.se, Bioorganisk kemi. Prerequisites: KOK012 Organic chemistry, basic course. The course might be cancelled if the numer of applicants is less than 5. Assessment: For a passing grade the student must complete and pass one to three written assignments. Further information: Compendium. Home page: http://www.organic.lu.se/Education/Kemiteknik&Bioteknik/CompStruct/CompStruct.html.

Aim
The aim of the course is to provide basic skills in studying and determining the structure of organic compounds.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Contents
Theory and practice of NMR spectroscopy, computational chemistry, mass spectrometry and X-ray diffraction are lectured. The students will perform structure elucidations of natural products and organic compounds by NMR and computer simulation.

Literature
Compendium.