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55393 - Organic Chemistry

Academic Year 2017/2018

                
                        Docente:
                        Marco Bandini
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        CHIM/06
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Moduli:
                        
                            Marco Bandini
                            (Modulo 1)
                        
                            Arianna Quintavalla
                            (Modulo 2)
                        
                        Teaching Mode:
                        
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 1)
                                
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
                                
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Natural Sciences (cod. 8016)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

At the end of the class the student has a basic knowledge of the different types of organic compounds and the mechanism of the most important reactions. Also, he has a good knowledge of the structure and reactivity of the main families of bio-molecules.

Course contents

Chemical bond, resonance and carbon hybridization states;

Structure and reactivity of alkanes and cycloalcalnes;

Stereoisomery of the organic compounds;

The idea of reaction mechanism and alkyl halides;

Alcools and ether: nomenclature, properties, synthesis and reactivity;

Alkanes and cycloalkanes. Halogenation of alkanes. Alkene and alkyne. Addition to the CC double bond. Conjugate unsaturated systems;

Alkenes and alkynes: nomenclature, properties, synthesis and reactivity;

Benzene and the concept or aromaticity;

Aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic compounds: nomenclature, properties, synthesis and reactivity;

Amines: nomenclature, properties, synthesis and reactivity;

Carbohydrates: monosaccharides (D‑glucose and D‑fructose), disaccharides (sucrose, maltose, cellobiose), polysaccharides. Cyclic structures of monosaccharides and disaccharides. Fisher and Haworth representations.

Protein and aminoacids. The peptide bond. The Primary Structure of peptides. The Secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of proteins;

Lipids: fatty acids, fats and oils, phospholipids, steroids.

Readings/Bibliography

- K.P.C. Vollhardt, N.E. Schore, "Chimica Organica", IV Ed. Zanichelli, Bologna.

- J. McMurry "Chimica Organica, un approccio biologico", Ed. Zanichelli, Bologna.

Teaching methods

Theoretical lectures. Problem solution.

Assessment methods

The goal of the oral examination can be summarized as follows:
(i) the student must possess a good knowledge of the main concepts which are essential to understand structure and reactivity of organic molecules.
(ii) the student must be able to use the above concepts to solve simple problems of reactivity and structure in organic chemistry

Teaching tools

Problem solution

Office hours

See the website of Marco Bandini

See the website of Arianna Quintavalla