Personalised Learning Unit 2

CHEM30112 Personalised Learning Unit 2 10 Semester 2 Undergraduate Level 3 Andrew Regan Unit coordinator Department of Chemistry 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Last part of a Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 <div>This personalised learning unit allows students to choose three segments of advanced chemistry topics.</div> <div style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-element:para-border-div;padding:1.0pt 6.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">The over-arching aim of the personalised learning unit is to prepare students for a professional career in Chemistry by expanding core chemistry knowledge into advanced topics, to provide a wider and deeper understanding of particular areas of chemistry.<o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p>Contemporary f-Element Chemistry (D. Mills) – This topic introduces students to the use of molecular design to achieve landmark advances in non-aqueous f-element synthetic chemistry.<o:p></o:p>Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis (A. Trowbridge) – This topic introduces students to the catalytic processes that are routinely used for the stereoselective synthesis of target molecules. <o:p></o:p>New topic to be confirmed  (J. Abbenseth) – <o:p></o:p>Main Group Reagents in Synthesis (A.C. Regan) – This topic introduces students to the use of silicon-, sulfur- selenium- and phosphorus-containing reagents in organic synthesis.<o:p></o:p>Metal-Organic Frameworks (Y. Ma) - This topic introduces students to porous metal-organic framework<span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif;font-size:11.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;"> materials.<o:p></o:p>Chemical Concepts from Quantum Mechanics (P. Popelier) – This topic introduces students to Quantum Chemical Topology, the most comprehensive and coherent way of extracting chemical insight from modern wavefunctions.The course will also introduce research-level topics in this area.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW87661992 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW87661992 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;border-left:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);border-top:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:2px 0px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:1.33333px 8px 1.33333px 5.33333px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" data-ccp-border-bottom="0.6666666666666666px solid #000000" data-ccp-padding-bottom="1.3333333333333333px" paraid="815617558" paraeid="{8d512279-043d-423a-b4a4-579ace1d9d6f}{177}"><span class="TextRun SCXW87661992 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif", "Microsoft Sans Serif_EmbeddedFont", "Microsoft Sans Serif_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:18.3458px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">The over-arching aim of the personalised learning unit is to prepare students for a professional career in Chemistry by expanding core chemistry knowledge into advanced topics, to provide a wider and deeper understanding of <span class="TextRun SCXW87661992 BCX8 NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxMCIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyIj48ZyBmaWxsPSJub25lIiBmaWxsLXJ1bGU9ImV2ZW5vZGQiPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0wIDBoMTB2MkgweiIvPjxwYXRoIHN0cm9rZT0iI0FEQTJGMiIgc3Ryb2tlLWxpbmVjYXA9InJvdW5kIiBzdHJva2Utd2lkdGg9IjIiIGQ9Ik0xIDFoNCIvPjwvZz48L3N2Zz4=");background-position:0px 100%;background-repeat:repeat-x;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif", "Microsoft Sans Serif_EmbeddedFont", "Microsoft Sans Serif_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:18.3458px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">particular areas<span class="TextRun SCXW87661992 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif", "Microsoft Sans Serif_EmbeddedFont", "Microsoft Sans Serif_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:18.3458px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> of chemistry.<span class="EOP SCXW87661992 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif", "Microsoft Sans Serif_EmbeddedFont", "Microsoft Sans Serif_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-ccp-props="{"335572071":4,"335572072":1,"335572073":4278190080,"335572075":4,"33  <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232392082 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">On successful completion of the course students should be able to: <o:p></o:p> <div style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-element:para-border-div;padding:1.0pt 6.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">Contemporary f-Element Chemistry (D. Mills)<o:p></o:p>ILO1 – Apply knowledge of f-element coordination/organometallic chemistry to create synthetic routes to complexes with designer geometries, coordination numbers and bonding regimes. <o:p></o:p>ILO2 – Interpret a range of experimental data to rationalise physicochemical properties and to propose f-element complex formulations and formal oxidation states at metal and ligand sites. <o:p></o:p>ILO3 – Apply knowledge of metal coordination spheres and redox chemistry to generate synthetic routes to f-element complexes with low and high formal metal oxidation states. <o:p></o:p>ILO4 – Predict and explain the outcomes of small molecule activation reactions of f-element complexes by consideration of experimental data, ligand effects, covalency and redox chemistry. <o:p></o:p><div style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-element:para-border-div;padding:1.0pt 6.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">Problem solving, analytical skills, time management.<o:p></o:p></div></div>  <div style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-element:para-border-div;padding:1.0pt 6.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">Contemporary f-Element Chemistry (D. Mills)<o:p></o:p>1. Synthetic routes to designer f-element complex geometries and coordination numbers.<o:p></o:p>2. Experimental determination of oxidation state and covalency in f-element complexes.<o:p></o:p>3. Achieving the lowest and highest f-element oxidation states.<o:p></o:p>4. Small molecule activation reactions of f-element complexes.<o:p></o:p>5. f-Element complexes of redox non-innocent ligands, including arenes.<o:p></o:p>6. f-Element metal-ligand multiple bonding.<o:p></o:p> Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis (A. Trowbridge) <o:p></o:p>1) Principles of asymmetric synthesis<o:p></o:p><div style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-element:para-border-div;padding:1.0pt 6.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">Lecturing staff will provide office hours during the course<o:p></o:p>After the exam marking has been completed, students are provided with feedback<o:p></o:p></div></div> Core Chemistry Year 1 and 2 units. N <div><div><div style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-element:para-border-div;padding:1.0pt 6.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">Specific reading material will be provided separately for each topic.<o:p></o:p></div></div> </div>  Assessment written exam 2 eAssessment 5 Lectures 8 Supervised time in studio/wksp 8 Work based learning 12 0 65