John McMurry "Fondamenti di Chimica Organica" Ed. Zanichelli
Learning Objectives
Knowledge : Acquisition of the basic concepts about the properties and the reactivity of organic molecules .
Skills acquired at the end of the course: knowledge of the main functional groups and reactions of organic molecules.
Skills acquired at the end of the course: recognition of functional groups, interpretative capacity of the behaviour of organic molecules and consequently of the biochemical mechanisms .
Prerequisites
Recommended corses: General Chemistry
Teaching Methods
Credits : 6
Number of course hours : 150 ( = 6 x 25 )
Number of hours for private study and other individual learning activities such as: 102
Contact hours for the activities in the classroom : 48
Further information
Attendance of lessons : although not mandatory , is strongly recommended .
Teaching tools : on- line course on the Moodle platform ( http://el.unifi.it/ ) where students may download material screened and some exercises ( to register a password is required) . Tutor of the course of Faunal Sciences study.
Type of Assessment
The final 15-question written test is followed by a brief oral examination, mainly focused on clarifying the written part of the exam, and aims at verifying the knowledge of the structure, properties and reactivity of the main functional groups in ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, together with the main classes of biomolecules.
Course program
General concepts on carbon, acids and organic bases of Brönsted and Lewis. Graphic conventions. Alkanes and cycloalkanes. conformational analysis. Alkenes: nomenclature, structure, synthesis and reactivity. Isomers E / Z. Electrophilic additions. Dienes. Aromaticity. Aromatic compounds: nomenclature, structure and reactivity. Aromatic electrophilic substitution reactions, control of regiochemistry. Stereochemistry: enantiomers and diastereomers. Chirality. Alogenoalkanes: nomenclature, structure, synthesis and reactivity. Aliphatic nucleophilic substitution: SN1 and SN2. Eliminations: E1 and E2. Alcohols, phenols and ethers: nomenclature, structure, synthesis and reactivity. Elements of sulphides and thiols. Aldehydes and ketones: nomenclature, structure, synthesis and reactivity. Nucleophilic addition, acetals and hemiacetals. Imines. Carboxylic acids, acyclic halides, amides, esters: nomenclature, structure, synthesis and reactivity. Amines: nomenclature, structure, properties, basicity, synthesis and reactivity. Polyfunctional derivatives. Carbohydrates. Disaccharides and polysaccharides. Starch, glycogen and cellulose. Amino acids. Peptide synthesis. Structure of proteins. Lipids. Nucleic acids.