ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

ROSARIA SCHETTINI ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

0512800026
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
EQF6
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
648LESSONS
112EXERCISES
112LAB
ExamDate
CHIMICA ORGANICA14/04/2025 - 15:00
Objectives
COURSE AIMTHE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON THE PROPERTIES AND REACTIVITY OF THE MAIN ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO A MORE IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF ORGANIC-BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS IN THE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP. KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN LABORATORY TECHNIQUES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND PURIFICATION OF SOME CLASSES OF COMPOUNDS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT:
- WILL KNOW THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE PROPERTIES AND REACTIVITIES OF THE MAIN CLASSES OF CARBON COMPOUNDS
- WILL UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STRUCTURE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL ROLE.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE T:
- TO EXAMINE THE STRUCTURE OF A CARBON COMPOUND
- TO ELABORATE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND REACTIVITY
- TO SOLVE PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND PURIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

MAKING JUDGMENTS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE:
- TO EVALUATE THE REACTIVITY OF A CHEMICAL COMPOUND
- TO DISCERN BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT COMPOUNDS
-TO SELECT THE CLASS OF COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR AN OBJECTIVE

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE:
- TO REPRESENT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND COMMUNICATE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF AN INTERNATIONAL NOMENCLATURE

LEARNING SKILL
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE :
- TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL CLASSES OF COMPOUNDS
- TO PROCEED WITH THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE USING THE
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
Prerequisites
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW HOW TO APPLY MOST OF THE TOPICS COVERED IN TEACHING, YOU MUST PASS THE PRE-EXAMINATION OF GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Contents
THE COURSE INCLUDES HOURS OF INSTRUCTION IN THE FORM OF LESSONS, HOURS OF CLASSROOM EXERCISES AND HOURS OF LABORATORY EXERCISES.
THE TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE LESSONS ARE:
COVALENT BONDS AND FORM OF THE MOLECULES. THE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS. THE STRUCTURAL ISOMERS. RESONANCE (4 H).
STRUCTURE, AND NAMES OF THE ALKANES AND CYCLOALKANE. CONFORMATIONS OF ALKANES AND CYCLOALKANE. CIS-TRANS ISOMERISM IN CYCLOALKANES (4 H). PHYSICAL AND REACTIVITY OF ALKANES AND CYCLOALKANE (2 H).
ALKENES AND ALKYNES. NOMENCLATURE. CIS-TRANS ISOMERISM. PHYSICAL AND REACTIVITY.
STEREOCHEMISTRY. CLASSIFICATION OF THE ENANTIOMERS: SYSTEM (R-S). CYCLIC MOLECULES AND ACYCLIC WITH TWO OR MORE STEREOCENTERS. PROPERTY OF THE STEREOISOMERS (4 H).
ALCOHOLS, ETHERS, THIOLS. NOMENCLATURE. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. CHEMICAL REACTIVITY (2 H).
ALKYL HALIDES. NOMENCLATURE. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. SN1 AND SN2. THE ELIMINATION OF REACTIONS (6 H).
BENZENE AND ITS DERIVATIVES. THE CONCEPT OF AROMATICITY. ELECTROPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION. PHENOLS (2 H).
AMINES. NOMENCLATURE. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. BASICITY AND REACTIVITY (2 H).
ALDEHYDES AND KETONES. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. REACTIONS OF THE CARBONYL GROUP. KETO-ENOL TAUTOMERISM. OXIDATION AND REDUCTION. ALCOHOL CONDENSATION REACTION (6 H).
CARBOHYDRATES. MONOSACCHARIDES. CYCLIC STRUCTURE. MUTAROTATION. DISACCHARIDES AND OLIGOSACCHARIDES. POLYSACCHARIDES (8 H).
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. ACIDITY. REDUCTION. ESTERIFICATION (4 H).
DERIVATIVES OF THE CARBOXYLIC ACIDS. NOMENCLATURE. REACTIVITY (6 H).
LIPID. FATTY, TRIACYLGLYCEROLS. SOAPS AND DETERGENTS SYNTHETIC. USE OF PHOSPHATES AS EMULSIFIERS (2 H).
AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN. PROPERTIES OF AMINO ACID-BASE. POLYPEPTIDES AND PROTEIN (4 H)
NUCLEIC ACIDS. NUCLEOSIDES AND NUCLEOTIDES. NOTES ON THE STRUCTURE OF DNA AND RNA. (4 H)
THE TOPICS COVERED IN LABORATORY ACTIVITIES ARE:
PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES AND SEPARATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. CRYSTALLIZATION, CHROMATOGRAPHY ADSORPTION. SAPONIFICATION REACTION.
Teaching Methods
TEACHING PROVIDES 72 HOURS OF DIDACTICS BETWEEN LESSONS (6CFU) EXERCISES (1 CFU) LABORATORY (1 CFU).
THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED IN THE FOLLOWING WAY:
LECTURES IN THE CLASSROOM ON ALL THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE;
EXERCISES IN THE CLASSROOM ON EACH OF THE COURSE TOPICS;
EXERCISES IN THE ORBANIC CHEMISTRY LANORATORY OF DCB. STUDENTS FOLLOW 4 THREE HOURS EXERCISES, PREVIEWED BY A LECTURING LEARNING IN AULA.
Verification of learning
ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING IS CERTIFIED BY PASSING AN EXAM WITH EVALUATION IN /30.
THE EXAMINATION PROVIDES A WRITTEN TEST AND ORAL TEST.
THE WRITTEN TEST IS PROPEDEUTIC TO THE ORAL TEST AND CONSISTED IN THE SOLUTION OF 3 EXERCISES AND 2 COMPOSITION ON THE TOP OF THE LEARNING PROGRAM. THE TEST IS PROVIDED FORWARD TO THE ORAL TEST AND CONSIDERED SUPERATIVE WITH THE REACH OF THE MINIMUM PERFORMANCE SCORE. THE WRITTEN TEST HAS A DURATION OF NONLESS THAN 120 MINUTES, AND IS FINALIZED TO VERIFY THE CAPACITY TO APPLY CORRECTLY TO THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE, THE CAPACITY TO COMPLY WITH THE PROBLEMS PROPOSED.
THE ORAL TEST COMES IN A QUESTION WITH QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS INDICATED IN THE PROGRAM OF LEARNING AND IS FINALIZED TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITY OF READING BY THE STUDENT AND TO CHECK THE EXPOSURE CAPABILITY BY APPLICABLE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY .
Texts
W.BROWN- T.POON "INTRODUZIONE ALLA CHIMICA ORGANICA", QUARTA EDIZIONE; EDISES-NAPOLI
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