A suite of advanced laboratory exercises in synthetic organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry will be offered that are designed to further develop the synthetic chemistry skills learnt in CHEM6061.  The development of skills in the handling of air-sensitive compounds using the Schlenk technique and the purification of compounds using chromatographic techniques will be emphasised in this course.

Note: Graduate students attend joint classes with later year undergraduate students but are assessed separately.

On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Work in a laboratory in organic, organometallic and coordination chemistry to a professional research level, clearly demonstrating effective laboratory safety and etiquette, especially in the areas of handling of air sensitive reagents, Schlenk technique, chromatographic techniques and spectroscopic identification

2. Exemplify effective report writing, experimental design and advanced data analysis

3. Engage with the research culture presented in a chemical synthesis laboratory environment

100% Laboratory Work/Reports. Four written reports of equal weight (LO 1-3).

Note: Graduate students attend joint classes with later year undergraduate students but are assessed separately. The differences in assessment will include tailoring experiment selection to planned research areas, the inclusion of additional questions associated with the laboratory report or a component assessed at a higher level. This difference will generally be at the 15% of assessment level or higher.

Eight four-hour laboratory sessions held over a four week period, typically in semester weeks 8-11

Prerequisite - CHEM6061/3061

CHEM3062