Third year

CHEM60001 - Advanced Chemistry Topics 1

Pericyclic Reactions (UG, Autumn 2022)

• Course Summary (pdf, 24KB)

Handouts

• Lecture 1 - Molecular Orbitals (pdf, 358KB)
• Lecture 2 - Intro to Pericyclics and Orbital Symmetry (pdf, 314KB)
• Lecture 3 - The Woodward-Hoffmann Rules and Approach (pdf, 544KB)
• ‌Lecture 4 - The Frontier Molecular Orbital (FMO) Approach (pdf, 346KB)
• Lecture 5 - Cycloaddition Reactions (pdf, 358KB)
• Lecture 6 - Cycloaddition, Cheletropic and Group Transfer Reactions (pdf, 222KB)
• Lecture 7 - Sigmatropic Rearrangements (pdf, 333KB)
• Lecture 8 - Electrocyclic Reactions (pdf, 521KB)
• Pericyclic Workshop Qs (pdf, 27KB)
• Pericyclics Tutorial Qs (pdf, 102KB)