- Docente: Claudia Tomasini
- Credits: 8
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Claudia Tomasini (Modulo 1) Riccardo Amorati (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biological Sciences (cod. 8012)
Learning outcomes
The student will gain a good knowledge on the behaviour and application of the most important organic compounds, including biological molecules, such as peptides, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids. The student will also learn the most important mechanisms of the organic reactions that will allow him to predict the reactivity of the functional groups.
Course contents
Structure and Bonding
Acids and Bases
Introduction to Organic Molecules and Functional Groups
Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
Stereochemistry
Understanding Organic Reactions
Alkyl Halides -Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination Reactions
Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides
Alkenes - electrophilic addition
Alkynes
Oxidation and Reduction
Radical Reactions
Conjugation, Resonance
Benzene and Aromatic Compounds - electrophilic aromatic substitution
Carboxylic Acids and the Acidity of the O–H Bond
Introduction to Carbonyl Chemistry; Organometallic Reagents
Aldehydes and Ketones—Nucleophilic Addition
Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives—Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
Substitution Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds at the α Carbon
Carbonyl Condensation Reactions
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
Amines, Alkaloids, Amino Acids and Proteins
Lipids
Readings/Bibliography
One of those handbooks:
- Janice Gorzynski Smith – Chimica Organica – McGraw-Hill
- T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle – Chimica Organica
- John McMurry – Chimica Organica – Piccin
- Brown & Foote – Chimica Organica – EdiSES
- Bruno Botta – Chimica Organica – EDI-ERMES
- Janice Gorzynski Smith – Fondamenti di Chimica Organica – McGraw-Hill
- Brown – Introduzione alla Chimica Organica – EdiSES
- John McMurry – Chimica Organica - Un approccio biologico – Zanichelli
Teaching methods
The topics listed in the program will be fully covered, with a particular attention to the reaction mechanisms.
Assessment methods
The preparation is tested by a written exam, whose aim is to verify both the knowledge of the subject.
Teaching tools
Overhead projector, PC, blackboard
Office hours
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