User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/2

Organic
See User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/1 for Level 1 material for general questions

Inorganic
See User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/1 for Level 1 material for general questions

Physical
See User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/1 for Level 1 material for general questions

Quantum mechanics, FRM
"Quantum Concepts", see User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/2/quantum mechanics

Molecular orbitals, NLA
"Understanding Structure and Reactivity, Part 1", see User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/2/molecular orbitals

Hückel, AJM
"Understanding Structure and Reactivity, Part 2", see User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/2/Hückel theory

Geochemistry, RPE
"Origin and Fate of Organic Matter in the Geosphere", see User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/2/geochemistry

Marine chemistry, RDP
"Marine Chemistry", see User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/2/marine chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry, DES
"Chemistry of the Atmosphere", see User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/2/atmospheric chemistry

Techniques
"Techniques for Chemists"
 * NMR spectroscopy
 * Proton NMR
 * Carbon-13 NMR
 * J-coupling
 * Correlation spectroscopy
 * Nuclear Overhauser effect?


 * Scientific writing
 * Chemometrics, principal components analysis
 * Gas chromatography


 * Molecular modelling
 * Taxol
 * Amphetamine and its similarity to serotonin
 * Methicillin
 * Acetone and keto-enol tautomerism
 * Chromium hexacarbonyl and its phosphorus trifluoride, trimethyl phosphite and trimethylphosphine derivatives

Labs
Experiment 1 - The benzoin reaction - preparation of benzoin: Benzoin condensation Experiment 2 - The preparation of fenbufen: Fenbufen Experiment 3 - The Wittig reaction: Wittig reaction, Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction, Peterson olefination, Julia olefination, Tebbe olefination, Petasis reagent Experiment 4 - Cycloaddition reactions and their mechanisms: Cycloaddition, Tetracyanoethylene Experiment 5 - The Robinson annulation: Robinson annulation Experiment 6 - Synthesis of 4,6-diphenyl[2,2']bipyridine: Hantzsch pyridine synthesis Experiment 7 - The preparation and use of a Wilkinson's catalyst: Wilkinson's catalyst Experiment 8 - Chromatography in action: Chromatography, Thin layer chromatography, Retardation factor (Rf value), gas chromatography, Experiment 9 - An electrochemical glucose sensor: Glucose meter, Glucose oxidase, Nernst equation, Cyclic voltammetry, Ferrocene Experiment 10 - IR spectroscopy of cigarette smoke: Rovibrational coupling Experiment 11 - Absorption and fluorescence of dye molecules: Nile Blue Experiment 12 - Determination of mean aggregation number of a micellar system: Micelle, Tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) chloride 9-methylanthracene, Fluorimetry Experiment 13 - Kinetics of ionic reactions: absorbance, kinetic salt effect, ionic strength, iodine-persulfate reaction, persulfate ion Experiment 14 - Polymer-surfactant interactions: Sodium dodecyl sulfate Experiment 15 - The solution properties of polyelectrolytes: Polyelectrolyte Experiment 16 - Absorption spectroscopy and the uptake of acetic acid at the gas-liquid surface Experiment 17 - The Ni catalysed isomerisation of 1-heptene: Linear alpha olefin, Isomerisation, Shell higher olefin process, Olefin metathesis, Experiment 18 - Silicone polymers: Siloxane, Silicone, Diphenylsilanediol Experiment 19 - Monomeric and polymeric transition metal oxides: Polyoxometallate, WO3, Na2MoO4, Na2WO4, [ nBu4N ] 2 [ W6O19 ] Experiment 20 - Metal carbonyl complexes: Metal carbonyl, PMDTA Experiment 21 - The application of liquefied gases as non-aqueous media: Ammonia, Inorganic nonaqueous solvent, Solvated electron, Electride. Chapter 9 of Housecroft (p. 236) is all on non-aqueous media Experiment 22 - Analysis of caffeine in soft drinks: Caffeine, Decaffeination, High performance liquid chromatography Experiment 23 - Ferrocene: synthesis and reactivity: Ferrocene Experiment 24 - Preparation of a luminescent Cu(I) complex Experiment 25 - Modelling Real Reactions: Intramolecular Lactonisation: Iodolactonisation, Curtin-Hammett principle Experiment 26 - Databases and Datamining: Crystallographic database, Cambridge Structural Database, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, Data mining

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 * User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/1 - Level 1 (first year)
 * User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/3 - Level 3 (third year)