CY6107 : Heterocyclic Chemistry

Nomenclature and classification of heterocycles

Structure, preparation and reactions of a) heterocyclic analogues of cyclopropane, cyclobutane, cyclopentadiene and benzene containing one or more heteroatoms (azeridine, oxirane, thiirane, oxaziridine, azetidine, azetidinone, oxetane, oxetanone, thietane, pyrrole, furan, thiophene, 1,2- and 1,3-azoles, triazoles, pyridine, pyryliums, diazines, triazine and their oxy-derivatives); b) fused heterocycles containing one or more heteroatoms (indoles, benzofurans, benzothiophene, benzanellated azoles, quinolines, isoquinolines, benzopyrones)

Heterocycles in natural products, medicine and materials.

Text Books:

1. Joule, J. A. and Mills, K. Heterocyclic Chemistry, Fifth Edition, Wiley, 2010.
2. Gilchrist, T. L., Heterocyclic Chemistry, Prentice Hall, 1997.
3. Acheson, R. M. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, 3rd Ed, Wiley India Pvt Ltd, 2008.
4. Eicher, T.; and Hauptmann, S.; The chemistry of Heterocycles, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2003.