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Teaching

For the 2021-22 academic year Alan Spivey will give the following courses:

First year (core)


  • None

Second year (core)


  • None

Third year (core & elective)


  • CHEM60001 – Advanced Chemistry Topics 1 - Pericyclic Reactions

Fourth year (elective UG and MRes)


  • CHEM97006 Advanced Stereochemistry, Synthesis and Biosynthesis (UG) - Biosynthesis Component
  • Intervention in Biosynthetic Pathways as a Strategy for Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Target Selection (MRes)

Past courses


In previous years Alan Spivey has delivered some different courses (date is that of last delivery)


First years
  • CHEM40006 Reactivity at Carbon Centres - Aromatic Chemistry Component (2020-2021)
  • Chemistry I (Organic) Stereochemistry [(2011-12) & 2008-9 for pod-casts]

Second years
  • CHEM95002 Orbitals in Organic Chemistry - Stereoelectronics and Pericyclic Reactions (2020-21)
  • Chemistry II (Organic) Heteroaromatic Chemistry (2011-12)
  • Chemistry II (Med Chem Ancillary) Biosynthesis: Inspiration for Drug Discovery (2008-09)
  • Chemistry II (Organic) An Introduction to Stereoelectronics (2006-07)

Fourth years
  • Chemistry IV (Organic) Biosynthesis & Biomimetic Total Synthesis (2014-15)

Postgraduates
  • Postgraduate (Hetero)aromatic Functionalisation (2010)
  • Postgraduate Aromatic Chemistry (2007-08)
  • Postgraduate Combinatorial Chemistry (1999-2000)

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