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Organic/PhysicalProfessional Development Mastering the Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms  
Course Code: MAWR  
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Course Information
This course is aimed at B.S. and M.S. chemists in the pharmaceutical and contract syntheses industries looking to improve upon their ability to draw a reasonable mechanism for any complex organic transformation.

Registrants will need to purchase a copy of The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms, 2nd edition, in addition to their registration. This book is available for purchase at a discount through ACS. Please contact Andrea Adams to purchase your copy. Quantities are limited.

Before the course starts, you should read sections 1.1 to 1.3 and work the corresponding problems at the end of Chapter 1 before arriving to the course. Bring the text to the course.
 
 
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San Francisco, CA :: Boston, MA :: ::  
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  Check-in opens at 7:30 a.m. on the first day of the course.

Course runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.
 
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  Fees  
 
  Early Registration: $1,295  
  Advanced Registration: $1,395  
  Standard Registration: $1,495  
 
  The course fee includes a course binder and a continental breakfast each day.

Five for Four! Register five people for one course, one person for five courses, or any combination in between and your fifth registration is free. Note: This discount is only available if you register by fax or mail and mention this discount. May not be combined with any other offer.
 
 
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Key Topics
 
  • How to identify what major class of mechanism is operative.
  • How to get started at drawing a mechanism.
  • When to draw proton-transfer steps under basic and acidic conditions.
  • The fundamental reactions of carbocations.
  • The fundamental organometallic reactions.
  • The fundamental pericyclic reactions.
  • The major mechanisms for substitution at C(sp3) and C(sp2) under various conditions.
  • The mechanisms of typical pericyclic heterocycle-forming reactions.
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Course Instructor(s)
 
Robert B. Grossman is Professor of Chemistry, the University of Kentucky.
 
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