Welcome to the Selectivity course
Intended learning outcomes
After the course, the student will be able to:
- recognise stereochemical elements and determine their properties
- understand relationships between stereoelectronic aspects/orbital geometries and the outcome of organic reactions
- memorize key transformations in terms of characteristics and their application in different synthetic scenarios
- apply complex concepts and tools from the lectures to solving real-life problems
- interpret and evaluate different solutions to a given stereochemical problem/question
- analyse field-relevant scientific literature
- work in smaller groups of experts to develop presentation material
- present advanced content to an expert audience
Course content
The scientific content covered by the course on Selectivity in Organic Chemistry includes:
- elements of chirality
- stereoelectronics
- cyclic and acyclic stereochemical control
- induced and simple diastereoselectivity
- olefin geometries (e.g. Wittig, Horner & Julia)
- cyclizations (e.g. Baldwin rules)
- pericyclic reactions (e.g. Woodward rules)