Pharmaceutical organic chemistry I (2 hrs Lecture+ 2 hrs Practical)

Description

This course is part of the Natural Sciences Cluster I. It is designed to include introductory concepts of organic chemistry and aromaticity followed by studying of stereochemistry and related effects on drug receptor interactions. Physical and chemical characters of alkanes, unsaturated compounds, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids and their applications in pharmaceutical industry are discussed.

Program

Bachelor of Pharmacy-B Pharm

Objectives

• a. Knowledge and Understanding a.1. Describe the chemical structure of different organic compounds a.2. Explain the principles of structure hybridization, geometry, electronegativity, polarity and stereochemistry a.3. List the different functional groups in organic chemistry b. Intellectual Skills b.1. Apply organic chemistry principles for purification and identification of organic chemical compounds b.2. Correlate chemical characters of organic compounds with functional groups c. Professional and Practical Skills c.1. Handle different organic compounds c.2. Distinguish between organic compounds with different functional groups d. General and Transferable Skills d.1. Manage time properly d.2. Adopt self-learning