Description
This course provides a comprehensive review of the principal chemical reactions employed in pharmaceutical synthesis and drug development. It covers general synthetic methodologies and the chemistry of major classes of organic compounds relevant to medicinal chemistry, including aliphatic and aromatic derivatives, β-lactam compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (such as naphthalene, anthracene, and phenanthrene), heterocyclic compounds (including pyridine, pyrimidine, piperazine, and related structures), organometallic compounds, and other pharmaceutically important chemical frameworks. The course also introduces the spectroscopic techniques used for the structural identification and characterization of pharmaceutical compounds, including infrared (IR) spectroscopy, proton nuclear magnetic resonance (^1H NMR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry (MS).
Credits
3 Hours