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Chem 242b Chemical Synthesis

Winter 2008

Course Description

The focus of the course will be centered on strategies and methods for synthesizing complex cyclic systems.  These will be applied to the synthesis of complex natural products and molecules of medicinal chemistry importance.  Attention will be paid towards stereocontrol with the discussion of new methodology building on the material learned in Ch 242a.

Instructor

Scott Virgil
Office: 64 Crellin
Email: svirgil@caltech.edu

Teaching Assistants

Kevin Allan: kallan@caltech.edu
John Enquist: jenquist@caltech.edu
Justin Mohr: jtmohr@caltech.edu
Pam Tadross: ptadross@caltech.edu
Chris Gilmore: gilmorech@caltech.edu
Mike Krout: krout@caltech.edu

Handouts and Supplemental Material

Syllabus (pdf, 108 kb) Handouts (pdfs)
Updated Syllabus, 2/6/08 (pdf, 540 kb) Handout 1 (pdf, 5 mb)
Updated Syllabus, 3/10/08 (pdf, 724 kb) Handout 2 (pdf, 292 kb)
Lecture 1 (pdf, 540 kb) Handout 3 (pdf, 132 kb)
Lecture 2 (pdf, 452 kb) Handout 4 (pdf, 196 kb)
Lecture 3 (pdf, 516 kb) Handout 5 (pdf, 188 kb)
Lecture 4 (pdf, 376 kb) Problem Set 1 Solutions (pdf, 644 kb)
Lecture 5 (pdf, 556 kb) Problem Set 2 Solutions (pdf, 1.1 mb)
Lecture 6 (pdf, 436 kb) Exam 1 Solutions (pdf, 252 kb)
Lecture 7 (pdf, 408 kb) Problem Set 3
Lecture 8 (pdf, 408 kb) Handout 6 (pdf, 372 kb)
Lecture 9 (pdf, 500 kb) Handout 7 (pdf, 244 kb)
Lecture 10 (pdf, 472 kb) Exam 2 Solutions (pdf, 576 kb)
Lecture 11 (pdf, 512 kb) Handout 8 (pdf, 236 kb)
Lecture 12 (pdf, 460 kb) Handout 9 (pdf, 312 kb)
Lecture 13 (pdf, 512 kb) Handout 10 (pdf, 196 kb)
Proposal Project (pdf, 140 kb) Handout 10, Part B (pdf, 220 kb)
Lecture 14 (pdf, 356 kb) Handout 11 (pdf, 488 kb)
Lecture 15 (pdf, 340 kb) Handout 12 (pdf, 668 kb)
Lecture 16 (pdf, 476 kb)
Lecture 17 (pdf, 532 kb)
Lecture 18 (pdf, 664 kb)
Lecture 19 (pdf, 456 kb)
Lecture 20 (pdf, 1 mb)
Lecture 21 (pdf, 612 kb)
Lecture 22 (pdf, 376 kb)
Lecture 23 (pdf, 504 kb)
Lecture 24 (pdf, 572 kb)
Lecture 25 (pdf, 368 kb)
Lecture 26 (pdf, 332 kb)
Lecture 27 (pdf, 496 kb)

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