Organic Polyfunctional Compounds

From molecular medicine to molecular anthropology and all sciences in between, chemistry and more generally the molecular sciences are driven by one's understanding of structure and how structure relates to properties, reactivities (mechanisms) and one's ability to design and make molecules of functional value (e.g., materials, diagnostics, imaging agents and medicinal leads). This course will focus on reaction science including reactive intermediates (anions, cations, radicals, carbenes, etc) and pericyclic reactions involving no intermediates and how reaction science figures in the innovative design, synthesis and evaluation of molecules of scientific and societal value. Guest lectures and student presentations will also be included.