CM3222 - ORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS

Module Overview:

You will learn about Pericyclic reaction, radical reactions, participation, rearrangement reactions, carbenes and methods of study reaction mechanism.

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How did you find the assessments:

I cannot really remember the exact weightage for the assessments. In terms of difficult, I think the assessments are manageable. Most of the questions could be answered if you study the lecture notes and tutorials well. 

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Apart from the assessments, how was your experience with this module: 

I had a lot of fun taking this module. The module is split into 2 parts. The first part is taught by Prof Zhu while the second part is taught by Dr Hoang. During the lecture, Prof Zhu will walk around the lecture theatre to ask questions to check our understanding. For the second part, there are some questions left in the lecture notes for us to practice during lecture time. Dr Hoang would walk also around the lecture theatre to check our mechanisms and give us hints and advices to improve our answers. As our class size is small, Dr Hoang also remembers our names!

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For Prof Zhu's tutorials, we were required to present our answers on the board (no class participation points, for active learning purposes). For Dr Hoang's tutorials, we were given 15 minutes to discuss our answers with our friends before Dr Hoang go through the answers.

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This module may be a little difficult at the start but with more practices, you will be better at it! Overall, I think this module is very fun and interesting. It also helps you in CM3221.

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Workload: Moderate