Browse Hierarchy CHE410: Advanced Topics in Chemistry

This module is aimed at familiarising students with advanced areas in organic, bioorganic and/or bioinorganic chemistry, with the specific content varying periodically. The syllabus faims to equip the students with sufficient knowledge to be able to appraise and develop synthetic strategies for the synthesis of drug and other complex organic molecules using catalytic methodology. It is designed to provide an overview of the principles and applications of contemporary catalytic methodology of relevance to drug discovery and manufacture within the pharmaceutical industry. Both asymmetric and enzyme catalysis routes will be discussed. Proteins, their structure and purification will be discussed as well as the role of enzymes both in living systems and in industrial settings.