Medicinal Chemistry I

Catalog description

This is an intensive course in Organic Chemistry, intended to lay the background for the subsequent courses in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. At the same time, the course is intended to fill in the gaps for those students who did not major in Organic Chemistry at the undergraduate level. Each topic is covered at the basic level, and then treated in-depth, so that at the end of the course the students are well-prepared to master the advanced topics taught in Medicinal Chemistry II and III. In this c ourse lecture, student oral presentation and internet search will be used among other instructional strategy.