NOC | Introductory Organic Chemistry I

Course abstract

This course focuses on organic chemistry, the chemistry of carbon. Carbon based compounds; the organic compounds are the building blocks of life on earth. From biological molecules such as nucleic acids to polymers in plastic, they are omnipresent. Synthetically made compounds such as pharmaceutical drugs, paints and oils find wide use in our day-to-day life. This course highlights the fundamentals of organic chemistry. Topics such as structure, physical properties, and chemical reactivity of various organic compounds will be discussed in detail. This course also builds fundamentals of organic chemistry such as resonance, conformational analysis and stereochemistry. Study of various functional groups such as carboxylic acid derivatives, aldehydes, ketones, etc. will be conducted in detail. In short, welcome to a course explaining the molecular basis of chemistry around you.

Course Instructor

Prof.Harinath Chakrapani

Harinath Chakrapani completed his undergraduate and post-graduate studies in Chemistry from Loyola College and Indian Institute of Technology Madras, respectively. He moved to Duke University, USA to pursue his doctoral studies and after post-doctoral research stints at Wake Forest University and the National Cancer Institute, USA, he joined IISER Pune in July 2009 and is currently Associate Professor. His research interests are in organic chemistry and chemical biology. His laboratory works on developing new tools to study effects of oxidative stress responses in cells and antibiotic resistance. He has over eight years of teaching experience at IISER Pune.
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Prof. Neeraja Dashaputre

Prof. Neeraja Dashaputre completed her undergraduate studies in chemical technology from Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. After which, she obtained a doctoral degree in organic chemistry at University of Maryland, USA. She worked as a faculty at Claremont University post her doctoral studies. She joined IISER Pune in July 2016 and is currently Assistant Professor. Her research interests are in pedagogy development for teaching chemistry. She has over five years of teaching experience in India, and USA.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Sugandha Negi

M.Sc. in Chemistry 2012-2014

Course Duration : Jul-Sep 2019

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Syllabus

Enrollment : 15-May-2019 to 05-Aug-2019

Exam registration : 01-Jun-2019 to 30-Sep-2019

Exam Date : 17-Nov-2019, 17-Nov-2019

Enrolled

5096

Registered

737

Certificate Eligible

279

Certified Category Count

Gold

Silver

Elite

Successfully completed

159

Participation

377

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold

Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed