Details of CH4117 (Autumn 2022)

Level: 4 Type: Theory Credits: 4.0

Course CodeCourse NameInstructor(s)
CH4117 Advanced Organic Chemistry II Alakesh Bisai,
Balaram Mukhopadhyay

Preamble
This course broadly focuses on the discovery of various reagents for carrying out a number of oxidation and reduction processes, and skeletal rearrangements of organic molecules. Special emphasis will be given for the discovery of new reagents in last 1-2 decades. This course will also provide fundamentals of asymmetric catalysis and its applications in various carbon-carbon and carbon-hetero bond forming processes using transition-metal based catalysis as well as recently developed organocatalytic processes.

Syllabus
Various Oxidation Processes :

Non-metal based Oxidations: (a) Peracids, DMDO (b) Ozonolysis (c) Activated DMSO/DMS Complexes; Hypervalent iodine reagents; Oppenuer oxidation, Rubottom Oxidation
Oxidations using high valent Metals: OsO4 and KMnO4 oxidation of olefins; Cr(VI)-complexes (Dauben oxidation); Pd(II)-complexes (Saugusa-Itoh Oxidation); Mn(IV)-complexes; Se(IV)-complexes; Concept of Aerobic Oxidations

Asymmetric Oxidations:

Sharpless Epoxidation, Sharpless Dihydroxylation, Jacobsen-Katsuki Oxidation, Shi Epoxidation, other catalytic asymmetric oxidations

Various Reduction Processes:

Non-Metal based Reductions: Wolf-Kishner reduction; Diazines (imide reductions of double and triple bonds) and other variants; Reduction using dissolving Metals; Metal hydrides; Catalytic hydrogenation: (a) Hydrogenations, Raney Ni, (Mozingo reduction); Transfer hydrogenations; Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) reduction; Ru- and Ir-based systems

Asymmetric Reductions:

Corey-Bakshi-Shibata Reduction, Imine Reductions, Reductive Aminations, Hydrogenation of Enamines (L-DOPA Synthesis), Reductions trisubstituted Olefins

Rearrangements and Catalysis:

Electrophilic Rearrangements and Nucleophilic Rearrangements, Domino Processes, Photoredox Catalysis, Electrocatalysis, C-H Activations, Cross-coupling reactions, Metathesis & Asymmetric Metathesis

Asymmetric C-C Bond-Forming Reactions:

Aldol Reactions (Transannular Aldol), Michael (Transannular Michael) Mukaiyama Aldol and Mannich, Catalytic Processes using Enamines and Iminium species (Aldol Reactions, Mannich Reactions, Michael Reactions etc.).

References
1. Modern Methods of Organic Synthesis by W. Carruthers
2. Domino Reactions in Organic Synthesis by L. F. Tietze
3. The Way of Synthesis: Evolution of Design and Methods for Natural Products by Tomas Hudlicky & Josephine W. Reed
4. Molecules that Changed the World by K. C. Nicolaou and Tamsyn Montagnon
5. Protecting-Group-Free Organic Synthesis: Improving Economy and Efficiency by Rodney A. Fernandes
6. Enantioselective Chemical Synthesis: Methods, Logic and Practice by E. J. Corey and
Laszlo Kurti
7. Classics in Total Synthesis II: More Targets, Strategies, Methods by K. C. Nicolaou & Scott A. Snyder

Course Credit Options

Sl. No.ProgrammeSemester NoCourse Choice
1 IP 1 Not Allowed
2 IP 3 Elective
3 IP 5 Not Allowed
4 MP 1 Core
5 MP 3 Not Allowed
6 MR 1 Not Allowed
7 MR 3 Not Allowed
8 MS 3 Not Allowed
9 MS 5 Not Allowed
10 MS 7 Elective
11 MS 9 Elective
12 RS 1 Elective
13 RS 2 Elective