Teaching

1. Organic Chemistry I (PHR2300C):

This course introduces the basics of organic chemistry such as:

1. • Structure and Bonding; Acids and Bases

   • Functional Groups of Organic Chemistry

   • Conformational Isomerism

   • Stereochemistry

   • Introduction to Organic Mechanisms

   • Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions

   • Elimination Reactions

2. Organic Chemistry II (PHR2305C):

This course delivers a good understanding and knowledge of the important functional reactions and their mechanisms such as:

• Nucleophilic Carbonyl Addition Reactions

• Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution Reactions

• Carbonyl α-Substitution Reactions and Condensation Reactions (Reactions at α-Carbon)

• Electrophilic Addition Reactions on Alkenes and Alkynes

• Aromatic Electrophilic Substitution Reactions

• Rearrangement Reactions

• Cycloaddition & Pericyclic Reactions

• Metal-Catalyzed Cross Coupling Reactions

3. Biochemistry I (PHR3310C):

This course introduces the structures and functions of biomolecules such as:

• Carbohydrates

• Amino acids

• Proteins

• Enzymes

• Lipids & Fatty Acids

• Nucleic acids