Date Posted: 06/15/2026
Req ID: 48585
Faculty/Division: UofT Scarborough
Department: UTSC:Dept-Physical & Environmental Sci
Campus: University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)
Existing Vacancy: Yes

Course number and title: CHMD41H3 - Physical Organic Chemistry 

Course description: This course offers an in-depth understanding of organic chemistry by systematically exploring the factors and principles that govern organic reactions. The first half of the course covers fundamentals including bonding theories (VB, MO, and HMO), kinetics, thermodynamics, transition state theory, isotope effects, and Hammett equations. In the second half, these topics are applied to the study of different types of organic reactions, such as nucleophilic substitutions, polar additions/eliminations, pericyclic reactions, and radical reactions. 

Estimated course enrolment: 24 

Number of Hours: 0.5 FCE 

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