CHEM 101Catalysis in Modern Drug Discovery
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Overview of drug discovery process with focus on transition metal catalysis in synthesis of medicines. Discussion of process by which drugs are discovered, from lead optimization to process development. Introduction to transition metal catalysis, area of critical importance in modern drug development. Study of fundamental concepts of transition metal catalysis and how catalysis has played transformative role in synthesis of modern medicines. Particular attention throughout to discussion of case studies that emphasize broad impact of medicinal chemistry and importance of catalysis in drug discovery. Highlights how organic chemistry can impact world around us, particularly in development of pharmaceuticals.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Summer 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 14D or 30B with a grade of C– or better.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHEM 101
- CHEM 14DOrganic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals
- CHEM 14CStructure of Organic Molecules
- CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy
- CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
2 direct requisites. Showing 6 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.