- Docente: Giorgio Bencivenni
- Credits: 4
- SSD: CHIM/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Industrial Chemistry (cod. 6066)
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from Sep 30, 2025 to Dec 19, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student is acquainted with and masters the following aspects: -Stereoselectivity in C-C bond forming reactions: definitions and applications. -How to represent 3D chiral molecular structures on a plane. -Reaction models enabling the rationalization of C-C bond forming reaction outcomes. Special focus is set on the stereochemistry of the transformations. -Asymmetric catalysis: basic principles and innovative applications, involving both metal (e.g. Lewis acids) and organic (e.g. proline and its derivatives) catalysts. -Application of the aforementioned concepts to the synthesis of structurally and stereochemically complex compounds.
Course contents
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of organic chemistry: reactivity, concepts of stereochemistry, and reaction mechanisms.
Contents:
The course primarily focuses on organic reactions for carbon–carbon bond formation, with particular emphasis on enolate chemistry and asymmetric catalysis. It also provides advanced knowledge of oxidation and reduction reactions in organic synthesis. Special emphasis will be placed on chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity aspects of these classes of reactions. Fundamental elements of retrosynthetic analysis for the design of syntheses of important molecules will be introduced. The course will adopt a mechanistic approach to the understanding of chemical reactions.
Readings/Bibliography
English-language handouts provided by the instructors and available for download from the website https://iol.unibo.it/
Teaching methods
frontal lectures
Assessment methods
The final assessment consists of an oral exam in which exercises related to the topics covered in the lectures are carried out.
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
Frontal Lectures supported by video projection.
Office hours
See the website of Giorgio Bencivenni