PHC 211, Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry

Course Description:

The course covers an in-depth knowledge of organic chemistry with particular emphasis on the synthesis, reactions, mechanism of reactions and stereochemistry of organic molecules. The chemistry of heterocyclic compounds shall be detailed. The importance of different organic classes in nature and in pharmaceutical and chemical industries will be outlined. The laboratory period deals with the identification of different classes of organic compounds based on differences in their physicochemical properties.

Textbooks:

1-R. Fessenden and J. Fessenden, Organic Chemistry, PWS Publishers, Latest edition.

2-L. G. Wade. Organic Chemistry. Prentice Hall. Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 2003 (latest edition