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LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY

Maria RICCIARDI LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY

CB12400007
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
EQF6
CHEMISTRY
2025/2026

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2025
FULL ACADEMIC YEAR
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1LABORATORIO DI CHIMICA (CHIM/03)
336LAB
2LABORATORIO DI CHIMICA (CHIM/06)
336LAB


ASSUNTA D'AMATO1 T Curriculum
MARIA RICCIARDI1 Curriculum
CONSIGLIA TEDESCO2 Curriculum
SARA MENINNO2 Curriculum
Objectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE THE BASIC SKILLS USEFUL TO PERFORM ALL THE OPERATIONS TYPICAL OF A CHEMISTRY LABORATORY TOGETHER WITH THE SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURES TO CARRY ON EXPERIMENTS.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE STUDENT WILL KNOW AND ACQUIRE UNDERSTANDING OF:
- SAFETY REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR A CHEMICAL LABORATORY
- BASIC PRINCIPLES RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AN EXPERIMENT
- COMMON PRACTICES OF PREPARATION, SEPARATION, PURIFICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF INORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
- PROPERTIES AND REACTIVITY OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS (CLOSELY RELATED TO THE CONTENTS OF THE GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COURSE)
- PROCESSES OF PREPARATION OR ISOLATION OF INORGANIC SUBSTANCES
- KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN TECHNIQUES FOR PURIFYING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (CLOSELY RELATED TO THE CONTENTS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I COURSE)
- EXECUTION OF A SIMPLE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY REACTION, ITS MONITORING, AND PURIFICATION OF THE RESULTING PRODUCT

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE COMMON LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
- PERFORM SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS BASED ON LABORATORY METHODOLOGY
- WRITE A LABORATORY REPORT
- CARRY OUT STOICHIOMETRIC CALCULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE EXECUTION OF A SIMPLE ORGANIC TRANSFORMATION
- RECORD STOICHIOMETRIC CALCULATIONS AND THE EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE USED TO CONDUCT AN ORGANIC REACTION, AS WELL AS THE PURIFICATION OF THE RESULTING PRODUCT, IN THE LABORATORY NOTEBOOK
- CALCULATE THE YIELD OF AN ORGANIC PRODUCT OBTAINED FROM A CHEMICAL REACTION AND/OR AFTER A PURIFICATION PROCEDURE
- DETERMINE THE PURITY OF AN ORGANIC COMPOUND AND MONITOR A REACTION THROUGH THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- SELECT THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR CARRYING OUT A LABORATORY EXPERIMENT
- ANALYZE EXPERIMENTAL SCIENTIFIC DATA
- EVALUATE THE VALIDITY AND LIMITS OF A SPECIFIC TECHNIQUE FOR PURIFYING AN ORGANIC COMPOUND
- EVALUATE THE PROGRESS OF A REACTION AND QUALITATIVELY ANALYZE THE PURITY OF A COMPOUND

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- COMMUNICATE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE IN WRITTEN AND ORAL FORM USING CORRECT TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE
- USING APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY TO DESCRIBE THE PROGRESS OF AN ORGANIC REACTION, QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SUBSTANCE PURITY, AND EXECUTION OF PURIFICATION PROCEDURES

LEARNING ABILITY: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- CONDUCT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND, AND INTERPRET SCIENTIFIC TEXTS
- USE DIGITAL TOOLS SPECIFIC TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
- UNDERSTAND, INTERPRET, AND EXECUTE EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY USING LABORATORY GLASSWARE AND EQUIPMENT.
Prerequisites
FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICS AND CHEMISTRY TIPICALLY ACQUIRED AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL; BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. ATTENDANCE OF GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I COURSES IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED IN ORDER TO FULLY COMPREHEND THE COURSE CONTENT AND ACHIEVE THE EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES.
Contents
THE COURSE IS GIVEN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND DIVIDED INTO TWO TEACHING MODULES; CHEMISTRY LABORATORY MODULE A (ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, I SEMESTER, 36 HOURS); CHEMISTRY LABORATORY MODULE B (PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, II SEMESTER, 36 HOURS).
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF CHEMISTRY LABORATORY EXPERIENCES AND COMPUTER-BASED EXPERIENCES.

THE TOPICS COVERED WILL BE:
MODULE A: GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (36 HOURS)
- TYPES OF GLASSWARE AND THEIR USE; CER CODES (EUROPEAN WASTE CODE), CORRECT SORTING AND DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED CHEMICAL MATERIALS; THE ANALYTICAL BALANCE: CORRECT METHODS OF USE (4H);
- PREPARATION OF SOLUTIONS OF KNOWN TITRES OF SALTS AND MOLECULAR COMPOUNDS FOR WEIGHING (4H);
- PREPARATION OF SOLUTIONS OF ACIDS AND BASES BY DILUTION (4H);
- LABORATORY TECHNIQUES FOR THE PREPARATION, SEPARATION, PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF INORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS (4H);
- PROPERTIES AND REACTIVITY OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS (IN CLOSE CORRELATION WITH THE CONTENTS OF THE GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COURSE) (4H);
- PREPARATION OR ISOLATION PROCESSES OF INORGANIC SUBSTANCES (4H);
- APPLICATION OF THE IDEAL GAS LAW (4H);
- DETERMINATION OF MOLAR MASS IN UNKNOWN SAMPLES (4H);
- LABORATORY DATA COLLECTION AND WRITING OF A LABORATORY REPORT (4H).

MODULE B: PHYSICAL AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (36 HOURS)
- BASIC ORGANIC COMPOUND PURIFICATION OPERATIONS, SELECTED AMONG THE MAIN COMPOUND PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES: CRYSTALLIZATION (4H), LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION (4 H), CHROMATOGRAPHY (4H)
- DETERMINATION OF THE MELTING POINT OF AN ORGANIC SUBSTANCE (2H);
- EXECUTION AND MONITORING OF SIMPLE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY REACTIONS RELATED TO THE THEORY COURSE CONTENT (4H) AND SUBSEQUENT ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF THE REACTION PRODUCT (4H);
- HOW TO PREPARE A LABORATORY NOTEBOOK REPORT CONCERNING THE EXECUTION OF AN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS AND THE PURIFICATION OF AN ORGANIC COMPOUND (2H);
- FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND DERIVED QUANTITIES; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS (2H);
- ESTIMATION OF THE ERROR ASSOCIATED WITH A MEASUREMENT. CALCULATION OF THE MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION (1H);
- USE OF SOFTWARE FOR THE GRAPHICAL VISUALISATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA (EXCEL, MATLAB OR R) (6H);
- USE OF SOFTWARE FOR VISUALISING MOLECULES (3H).
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES THE GROUP EXECUTION OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS OR CALCULATION PROCEDURES. FOR THE GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY SECTION OF MODULE A, THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITTEN REPORTS FOLLOWING EACH EXPERIMENT IS REQUIRED, AIMED AT ACHIEVING THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES. THE PREPARATION OF THESE REPORTS WILL BE DISCUSSED WITH THE CLASS DURING TWO HOURS OF THE MODULE A COURSE. ATTENDANCE OF LABORATORY ACTIVITIES IS MANDATORY FOR AT LEAST 75% OF THE SCHEDULED HOURS AND WILL BE MONITORED BY THE INSTRUCTOR AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SESSION. FOR THE GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY SECTION OF MODULE A, EACH LABORATORY SESSION MUST BE DOCUMENTED THROUGH A WRITTEN REPORT TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO THE INSTRUCTOR AT THE END OF THE SESSION.
Verification of learning
FOR THE GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY SECTION OF MODULE A, THE PAPERS REQUIRED AT THE END OF EACH EXPERIENCE WILL BE ASSESSED, AND THIS ASSESSMENT WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE FINAL EXAMINATION MARK. THESE PAPERS ARE DESIGNED TO TEST THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOP, INDEPENDENTLY AND/OR IN GROUPS, THE SKILLS OUTLINED IN THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES SECTION.
AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER (MODULE A), STUDENTS MUST PASS AN EXAMINATION (INTRA-COURSE TEST) BASED ON MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE MODULE CONTENT (24 QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN 45 MINUTES , 15 OF WHICH REGARDING THE GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY PART, 9 OF WHICH REGARDING THE ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY PART). THE PARTIAL GRADE AWARDED AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER (MODULE A) WILL BE GIVEN BY THE AVERAGE OF THE INTRA-COURSE TEST GRADE (1/3 OF THE GRADE) AND THE GRADE OF THE PAPERS SUBMITTED DURING THE COURSE (2/3 OF THE GRADE).
THE ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING FOR THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY SECTION OF MODULE B WILL BE CARRIED OUT DURING THE PRACTICAL SESSIONS BY VERIFYING THE CORRECT EXECUTION OF THE PROCEDURES USING THE COMPUTER.
THE LEARNING OF THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY CONTENT COVERED IN MODULE B WILL BE ASSESSED DURING THE SECOND SEMESTER THROUGH THE IN-CLASS COMPLETION OF TWO WRITTEN REPORTS, WHICH COULD ALSO INCLUDE SHORT QUESTIONS (“IN ITINERE” ASSESSMENTS, EACH NOT EXCEEDING 120 MINUTES) BASED ON THE COVERED TOPICS AND THE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS.
THE SCORE AWARDED FOR EACH ASSESSMENT WILL DEPEND ON THE DEPTH OF ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATED IN THE REPORT, THE STUDENT’S ABILITY TO ACCURATELY DRAFT A LABORATORY REPORT, PERFORM BASIC STOICHIOMETRIC CALCULATIONS, AND CRITICALLY DISCUSS—USING RIGOROUS SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE—THE PROGRESSION OF AN ORGANIC REACTION, THE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF A COMPOUND’S PURITY, AND THE EXECUTION OF PURIFICATION PROCEDURES, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE INSTRUMENTS USED AND THE EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED IN THE LABORATORY.
THE EVALUATION OF THE TWO REPORTS WILL DETERMINE THE FINAL GRADE (EXPRESSED ON A SCALE FROM 0 TO 30) FOR THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMPONENT OF MODULE B.
FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN ONLY ONE OF THE TWO IN-COURSE ASSESSMENTS, AN ORAL EXAMINATION COVERING THE MISSING PART WILL BE REQUIRED.
STUDENTS WHO WISH TO IMPROVE THEIR GRADE OR DID NOT TAKE THE IN-COURSE ASSESSMENTS RELATED TO THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SECTION OF MODULE B MUST TAKE BOTH A WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAMINATION AT THE END OF THE COURSE. THESE EXAMS WILL COVER THE TOPICS ADDRESSED DURING THE COURSE AND THE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT. THE WRITTEN EXAM WILL FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS THE AFOREMENTIONED IN-COURSE ASSESSMENTS, WHILE THE ORAL EXAM MAY ALSO INCLUDE A DISCUSSION OF THE WRITTEN REPORT. BOTH EXAMINATIONS ARE INTENDED TO ASSESS THE STUDENT’S KNOWLEDGE, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES OUTLINED IN THE DEDICATED SECTION. THE FINAL GRADE FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER (MODULE B), EXPRESSED ON A SCALE FROM 0 TO 30, WILL BE CALCULATED AS THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF THE GRADE FOR THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PART OF MODULE B (2/3 OF THE TOTAL) AND THE GRADE FOR THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY PART OF MODULE B (1/3 OF THE TOTAL, BASED ON THE EVALUATION OF THE REPORTS SUBMITTED AT THE END OF THE PRACTICAL SESSIONS).
THE FINAL GRADE AT THE END OF THE COURSE WILL RESULT FROM THE ARITHMETIC MEAN OF THE GRADE ACHIEVED IN MODULE A AND THE GRADE ACHIEVED IN MODULE B AND WILL BE EXPRESSED AS A MARK BETWEEN 0 AND 30. A MINIMUM SCORE OF 18 OUT OF 30 IS REQUIRED TO PASS.
THE STUDENT ATTAINS EXCELLENCE BY OBTAINING THE HIGHEST MARKS IN ALL TESTS AND DEMONSTRATING A THOROUGH MASTERY OF THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE TWO MODULES THROUGH THE SELECTION AND CRITICAL APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES, EQUIPMENT, CALCULATION TOOLS, AND METHODOLOGIES LEARNED DURING THE PRACTICAL COURSE. THE FINAL GRADE WILL BE INFLUENCED BY THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE REPORTS AND INTRA-COURSE TEST, AS WELL AS THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY PRESENT AND CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE USING RIGOROUS SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE. ADDITIONALLY, THE GRADE WILL REFLECT THE MATURITY DEMONSTRATED BY THE STUDENT IN PROPOSING LINKS WITH THE CONTENTS OF OTHER COURSES (E.G. WITH THE SUBJECTS OF GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I).
Texts
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES PROVIDED BY TEACHERS DURING THE EXERCISES.
JOHN R.TAYLOR. INTRODUZIONE ALL'ANALISI DEGLI ERRORI: LO STUDIO DELLE INCERTEZZE NELLE MISURE FISICHE, ZANICHELLI.
H. D. YOUNG: ELABORAZIONE STATISTICA DEI DATI SPERIMENTALI; VESCHI EDITORE.
D'ISCHIA, MARCO, LA CHIMICA ORGANICA IN LABORATORIO, PICCIN, [2002-2003].
D. L. PAVIA, G. M. LAMPMAN, G. S. KRIZ -IL LABORATORIO DI CHIMICA ORGANICA - EDIZIONI SORBONA.
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