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Course, academic year 2019/2020
  
   
Retrosynthesis - AM110004
Title: Retrosynthesis
Guaranteed by: Department of Organic Chemistry (110)
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology
Actual: from 2019 to 2019
Semester: summer
Points: summer s.:6
E-Credits: summer s.:6
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:3/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Cibulka Radek prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Classification: Chemistry > Organic Chemistry
Incompatibility : M110004
Interchangeability : M110004, S110013
Is incompatible with: M110004
Is interchangeable with: M110004
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation
The aim of this course is introduction of the disconnection approach to organic synthesis. This approach is analytical: we start with the molecule we want to make (the target molecule) and break it down by a series of disconnections into possible starting materials. During the course, the retrosynthetic method is shown on simple as well as on more complicated structures which are known from practical life: pharmaceuticals, pesticides, dyes, perfumes etc.
Last update: Kundrát Ondřej (24.01.2018)
Course completion requirements -

The course is concluded with a credit and an exam.

To be awarded a credit, it is necessary to obtain at least 50 points (out of 100 possible) from a mid-semester written test and to successfully present the synthesis of the assigned compound according to the recommended literature. Presentations are usually held during the last two weeks of the semester in seminars.

The student can take the exam after obtaining a credit. The exam consists of a written part and an oral part. The student can pass the oral part if he/she obtains at least 50 points out of 100 possible in the written part.

Last update: Cibulka Radek (11.05.2026)
Literature

R: Warren S., Wyatt P.: Organic synthesis - The disconnection approach, 2nd Edition, John Wiley, 2008, 9780470712368

A: Warren S., Wyatt P.: Workbook for Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach, 2nd Edition, John Wiley, 2009, 9780470712276

A: Wyatt P., Warren S.: Organic Synthesis - Strategy and Control, John Wiley, 2007, 9780470489405

Last update: Kundrát Ondřej (24.01.2018)
Syllabus -

1. Basic concepts and symbols of retrosynthetic analysis. Types of transformations

2. Types of synthons and their preparation. Polarization, logical and nonlogical synthons

3. Single-group disconnection of carbon-heteroatom bonds

4. Two-group disconnection of carbon-heteroatom bonds

5. Single-group disconnection of C-C bonds in the oxidation state of alcohols.

6. Single-group disconnection of C-C bonds in the oxidation state of carbonyl compounds.

7. Design of synthesis of alkenes and alkynes. Design of synthesis of biaryls.

8. Two-group disconnection - overview. Cleavage of C-C bonds in 1,3- and 1,5- difunctional compounds.

9. Design of synthesis of 1,2-, 1,4- and 1,6- difunctional compounds.

10. Design of synthesis of cyclic compounds - overview. Baldwin's rules.

11. Design of synthesis of cyclopropane and cyclobutane derivatives.

12. Design of synthesis of cyclopentane, cyclohexane and larger ring derivatives

13. Classification of heterocyclic compounds. Design of synthesis of heterocyclic and heteroaromatic compounds.

14. Multi-step syntheses of natural products.

Last update: Cibulka Radek (11.05.2026)
Registration requirements

Organic Synthesis

Last update: Kundrát Ondřej (24.01.2018)
Teaching methods
Activity Credits Hours
Účast na přednáškách 1.5 42
Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi 1.5 42
Práce na individuálním projektu 0.5 14
Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování 2 56
Účast na seminářích 0.5 14
6 / 6 168 / 168
Coursework assessment
Form Significance
Examination test 50
Oral examination 50

 
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