Courses

This course attempts to organize the known reactions of organic chemistry into carbon-carbon bond forming and functional group interconverting types. The techniques of synthetic planning are then discussed with reference to selected published syntheses involving skeletal, stereo-chemical, and multi-stage synthetic examples. Course credit exclusion: Chemistry 5050 3.0 may not also be taken for credit.

This course is designed to introduce graduate students in Chemistry to the use of high resolution NMR spectroscopy with the goal of complete structural elucidation of organic and organometallic compounds. The fundamentals of NMR as well as their mode of application to the solution of various chemical problems is discussed. Prerequisite: SC/CHEM 3020 4.00 or equivalent.

This course uses basic concepts of inorganic chemistry to address issues and solve problems related to synthetic organometallic chemistry. Topics include major approaches and reaction types, reactivity studies and fluxional behaviour of organometallic complexes, and analytical methods to investigate these. Prerequisite: SC/CHEM 3020 4.00 or equivalent.

An introduction to chemical biology and the use of chemistry to study and reengineer biological systems. The course focuses on biological applications, including profiling of the transcriptome and proteome; the interference of genes, transcripts and protein function; tracking using bioconjugation; measuring protein activity; synthesis and screening of chemical libraries; combinatorial chemistry; DNA-encoded synthesis; chemical probes and biosynthetic machinery to synthesize new drugs; synthesis of unnatural proteins; and CRISPR to edit biological molecules. Integrated with undergraduate course CHEM 4052 Chemical Biology

This course introduces graduate students in Chemistry to the use of modern separation (and analytical) techniques. General and detailed principles of separation techniques are presented and applied to the development and optimization of instrumental methods, such as-but not limited to-solid phase extraction, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis. The fundamentals as well as their mode of application to the solution of various chemical problems will be discussed. Prerequisites: CHEM 3080 4.0 or an equivalent instrumental methods in chemical analysis undergraduate course.

This course will develop Mass Spectrometry as an analytical tool in chemistry and biochemistry. The course will be delivered in three sections: theory, instrumentation, and applications. Topics will include ionization methods, mass analyzers, activation methods, ion mobility, qualitative and quantitative analysis. Applications to several fields such as biomedical sciences, forensics, phytochemistry, and atmospheric chemistry will be discussed. Integrated with CHEM 4081 3.0.

Prerequisite: Enrolment in this course requires graduate students to have successfully completed 12 credits of the graduate courses offered by the Chemistry Graduate Program, AND approval by the Graduate Program Director.

Prerequisite: Enrolment in this course requires graduate students to have successfully completed 12 credits of the graduate courses offered by the Chemistry Graduate Program, AND approval by the Graduate Program Director.

Prerequisite: Enrolment in this course requires graduate students to have successfully completed 12 credits of the graduate courses offered by the Chemistry Graduate Program, AND approval by the Graduate Program Director.

This course introduces graduate students in Chemistry to the structure, bonding, and reactivity of the p-block elements of the periodic table. By covering advanced structure and bonding concepts in detail, this course will provide a solid foundation of the intrinsic properties of the main group elements, which enable their high utility in functional materials as well as catalyst systems. Prerequisites: BSc (or equivalent) in Chemistry

Course credit exclusion: Chemistry 5710 3.0 may not also be taken for credit.

Course credit exclusion: Chemistry 5010 3.0 may not also be taken for credit.

Progress in research is assessed annually as described in MSc Course Requirements.