Courses lectured at the University of Windsor
Intermediate Organic Chemistry
Course Outline. Carbonyl chemistry: Claisen, Dieckmann, aldol and Stobbe condensations; Enolate alkylations; conjugate addition. Stereochemical models of addition: Felkin-Anh, Cram-chelate; Stereochemistry on rings, Fürst-Plattner rule. Red-Ox chemistry and reagents. Pericyclic reactions and an introduction to the Woodward-Hoffmann rules.
Midterm 1 Midterm 2 Final Exam
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry I
Course Outline. Atomic Structure; Periodic Trends; Relativity And The Periodic Table; Ionic Solids and Ionic Bonding; VSEPR and Valence Bond Theory; Molecular Orbital Theory of Diatomics; Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory; Symmetry and Molecular Orbital Theory; Symmetry and Vibrational Spectroscopy; Conjugation and Band Theory of Solids
Midterm 1 Midterm 2 Final Exam
General Chemistry I & II
Stoichiometry, Thermochemistry, Quantum Mechanics, Periodic Trends, Molecular Orbital Theory, Intermolecular Forces, Solutions, Kinetics, Equilibria, Acid-base Equilibria, Aqueous Ionic Equilibria, Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry
Topics in General Chemistry (for Engineers)
Atomic and Molecular Structure, Properties of Matter, The Periodic Table, Stoichiometry, Solids and Materials, Kinetics, Equilibria, Thermochemistry, Electrochemistry
Courses supervised at the University of Cambridge (tutorials associated with faculty lectures)
1st year courses
The Shapes & Structures of Molecules; Reactions & Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry; The Chemistry of the Elements
2nd year courses
Key Organic Reactions; Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds; Shape & Organic Reactivity; Introduction to Chemical Biology
3rd year courses
The Foundations of Organic Synthesis; Structure & Reactivity; Molecular Recognition and Organic Mechanisms; Control in Organic Chemistry
4th year courses
Stereoselective Organic Synthesis; Medicinal Chemistry; New Synthetic Methods; Total Synthesis
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