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LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY

Assunta D'Amato LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY

0512400034
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
EQF6
CHEMISTRY
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
FULL ACADEMIC YEAR
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1LABORATORIO DI CHIMICA (CHIM/03)
336LAB
2LABORATORIO DI CHIMICA (CHIM/06)
336LAB


ASSUNTA D'AMATO1 T Curriculum
MARIA RICCIARDI1 Curriculum
-2
GUGLIELMO MONACO2 Curriculum
ExamDate
LABORATORIO DI CHIMICA30/01/2025 - 15:00
LABORATORIO DI CHIMICA30/01/2025 - 15:00
LABORATORIO DI CHIMICA20/02/2025 - 10:00
LABORATORIO DI CHIMICA20/02/2025 - 10:00
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE: THE COURSE AIMS TO FAMILIARIZE THE STUDENT WITH THE OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT IN A CHEMICAL LABORATORY AND THE CORRECT PROCEDURES TO BE APPLIED FOR CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC 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
PROPAEDEUTICITIES: NONE. PREREQUISITES: FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICS AND CHEMISTRY TIPICALLY ATTAINED 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: CRYSTALLISATION (4H), CHEMICALLY ACTIVE SOLVENT EXTRACTION (4 H), SILICA GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY (4H)
- DETERMINATION OF THE MELTING POINT OF AN ORGANIC SUBSTANCE (2H);
- EXECUTION AND CONTROL OF SIMPLE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY REACTIONS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE LECTURES IN THE THEORY COURSE (4H) AND SUBSEQUENT ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF THE REACTION PRODUCT (4H);
- HOW TO WRITE A LABORATORY NOTEBOOK REPORT ON THE EXECUTION OF AN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS (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 TEACHING INVOLVES GROUP EXECUTION OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS OR CALCULATION PROCEDURES, FOLLOWED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPORTS AND/OR ANSWERS TO SYNTHETIC QUESTIONS AFTER EACH EXPERIMENT, AIMED AT ACQUIRING THE INDICATED SKILLS. COURSE ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY FOR AT LEAST 75% OF THE TOTAL HOURS AND WILL BE MONITORED BY THE TEACHER AT EACH SESSION. ADDITIONALLY, LABORATORY ACTIVITY MUST BE EVIDENCED BY THE COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN REPORTS AT THE END OF EACH SESSION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPORTS WILL BE DISCUSSED WITH THE CLASS DURING 4 HOURS OF TEACHING (2 HOURS PER MODULE A AND 2 HOURS PER MODULE B) AND INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE STUDENT DURING LABORATORY HOURS.
Verification of learning
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). THE PARTIAL GRADE AWARDED AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER 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).
AT THE END OF THE SECOND SEMESTER (MODULE B), THE STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO PASS AN ASSESSMENT TEST (INTRA-COURSE TEST LASTING APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS) BASED ON THREE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS AIMED AT ASSESSING THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO USE APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY TO ARGUE ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF AN ORGANIC REACTION, THE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PURITY OF AN ORGANIC COMPOUND AND THE PERFORMANCE OF PURIFICATION PROCEDURES, WITH REFERENCE TO THE INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE LABORATORY AND THE EXPERIENCES CARRIED OUT. IN THE INTRA-COURSE WRITTEN TEST, THE STUDENT MUST BE ABLE TO ANSWER AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE PROPOSED QUESTIONS SUFFICIENTLY WELL.
THE PARTIAL GRADE AWARDED AT THE END OF THE SECOND SEMESTER WILL BE GIVEN BY THE AVERAGE OF THE INTRA-COURSE TEST GRADE (1/3 OF THE GRADE) AND THE GRADE OF THE REPORTS SUBMITTED DURING THE COURSE (1/3 OF THE GRADE).
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.
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 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 AND SLIDES PROVIDED BY PROFESSORS 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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