Description/outline:

Organic chemistry acts as a pivotal course for students aiming to enter careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. College students with preliminary understanding of organic chemistry concepts & practical knowledge have privilege to join this certificate course, which goes beyond just hands-on laboratory experience. Such courses demonstrated significant improvements in advancing techniques, theoretical concepts, and the latest developments in the field (Christian Fischeret al., J. Chem. Edu.).

This course typically covers the strategic design and execution of complex organic reactions, including retrosynthesis, catalysis, and the use of modern synthetic methodologies, preparing them for specialized roles in research, pharmaceuticals, and chemical industries.

Learner Outcomes:

Planning a synthesis & setting up reactions professionally, optimizing the reaction conditions, monitoring the reaction progress using Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), tedious workup procedures & product isolation through various methods i.e., crystallization, distillation, column chromatography, and flash chromatographic techniques. Determining the melting and boiling points. Structure determination of novel compounds & data interpretation. Sophisticated techniques i.e., Infrared (IR) spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS). Single crystal development of organic small molecules for X-ray diffraction; and Purity check analysis by HPLC.