2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) 
    
    Dec 02, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda)

CM-GY 9053 Enzyme Catalysis in Organic Synthesis

3 Credits
This course provides students with a working knowledge of how to use biotransformations as a tool in organic chemistry. Students learn about general enzymatic reaction types that carry out the cleavage and formation of C-O bonds, P-O bonds, C-N bonds, C-C bonds, reduction reactions, oxidation reactions and isomerizations. In addition, students are taught about advanced principles currently being applied to the engineering of catalytic proteins.

Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0