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 Academic Year: |
2014/5 |
| Owning Department/School: |
Department of Chemistry |
| Credits: |
3 |
| Level: |
Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment Summary: |
EX 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: |
Before taking this unit you must take CH20147 or take CH20148 and in taking this unit you cannot take CH40064 |
| Description: |
Aims & Learning Objectives: To look at chemistry `beyond the molecule' and how a variety of intermolecular interactions can be exploited in terms of molecular recognition both in solution and in the solid state. After studying this Unit, students should be able to: * describe some important examples of host-guest chemistry. * relate the self-organisation of simple molecules to the wider aspects of chemistry. * highlight future applications of supramolecular chemistry. Content: Introduction to supramolecular chemistry - concepts of molecular recognition, self-assembly, complementarity and receptor-substrate relationships. Host-guest chemistry. Cation and anion recognition and molecular sensors. Catenanes and rotaxanes. Molecular machines and supramolecular catalysis. Ligand design - steric and electronic effects. Use of coordination to control shape. Helices, squares and grids. Coordination polymers. Hydrogen bonding - introduction, molecular recognition and crystal engineering. Weaker interactions - p-p stacking C-H...O interactions and d¹º - d¹º interactions (aurophilicity). |
| Programme availability: |
CH30064 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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