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00148 - Organic Chemistry

Academic Year 2025/2026

                
                        Docente:
                        Susanna Guernelli
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        CHIM/06
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Moduli:
                        
                            Susanna Guernelli
                            (Modulo 1)
                        
                            Susanna Guernelli
                            (Modulo 2)
                        
                        Teaching Mode:
                        
                                    In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 1); 
                                
                                    In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 2)
                                
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences (cod. 6635)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale
                        
                                        Course Timetable
                                    
from Mar 06, 2026 to May 05, 2026

                                        Course Timetable
                                    
from Apr 30, 2026 to Jun 05, 2026

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows the basics of organic chemistry involving carbon compounds, the main methods of synthesis, the mechanisms by which organic compounds are formed and transformed. In particular he captures the basics of the chemistry of functional groups and stereochemistry.

Course contents

Introduction to Organic Chemistry

Covalent bonding and shape of molecules

Alkanes and cycloalkanes

Stereochemistry

Alkyl halides

Alkenes

Alkynes

Alcohols

Ethers, epoxides and sulphides

Benzene and aromaticity

Arenes

Phenols

Aldehydes and ketones

Carboxylic acids

Functional derivatives of carboxylic acids

Amines

Reactions of H in alpha to carbonyl groups

Readings/Bibliography

W. H. Brown, T. Poon, Introduzione alla Chimica Organica, 7a ed., 2023, EdiSES.

W. H. Brown, B. L. Iverson, E. V. Anslyn, C. S. Foote, Chimica Organica, 6 ed., 2014, EdiSES.

P. C. Vollhardt, N. E Schore, Chimica Organica, 4 Ed, Zanichelli

J. Gorzynski Smith, A.Capperucci, S. Menichetti , Fondamenti di chimica organica, 4/ED CON CONNECT, McGrawHill

Table of Organic Chemistry, 2017, Edizioni IDELSON-GNOCCHI

Teaching methods

Theoretical lessons; during and at the end of the course the exercises will be done.

Assessment methods

Wtritten (80 minutes) and oral (45 minuts) examinations.

The written test consists of 6 questions (from 3 to 6 points each, with partial points for partial answers).

Students who pass the written test with a score of 18/30 to 30/30 will support the oral test.

During Covid emergency the written test is replaced by a multiple choise test (20 questions, 30 minutes), with the score of 15/20 the student can access to oral test.

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Projector and PC. Using materials of textbooks available on web.

PDF slides will be available on Virtuale.

Office hours

See the website of Susanna Guernelli