General concepts on Carbon and on the functional groups in Organic Chemistry. Alkanes. Alkenes. Alkynes. Alcohols and ethers. Aromatic compounds. Aldehydes and ketones. Carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Amines. Stereochemistry. Polyfunctional derivatives. Carbohydrates. Aminoacids and peptides. Lipids.
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Learning Objectives
Knowledge requested: Knowledge about the fundamental of chemistry are requested, coming from the general chemistry course held in the first semester. Skills acquired: In this course students will learn about organic chemistry, structure and reactivity of the functional groups including the mechanisms, useful for understanding biochemistry in Nature.
Prerequisites
Required course: General Chemistry
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 150.Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 102.Contact hours for: Lectures/practice (hours): 48
Further information
Lectures attendance recommended.
Type of Assessment
Written test and oral examination.
Course program
General concepts on Carbon and on the functional groups in Organic Chemistry. Alkanes. Cycloalkanes. Stereochemistry. Enantiomers and diastereomers. Chirality. Aliphatic Nucleophilic Substitutions, SN2 and SN1 reactions. E1 and E2 eliminations. Alkenes. Alkynes. Electrophilic additions. Alcohols and ethers. Aromaticity and aromatic compounds. Aromatic electrophilic substitutions, SEAr. Aldehydes and ketones. Nucleophilic additions, emiacetals, acetals, imines. Keto-enolic tautomeric equilibrium. Carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Acyl chlorides, anhydrides, esters, amides. Nitriles. Nucleophilic substitution at the acylic carbon. Amines. Polyfunctional derivatives. Lipids. Carbohydrates. Di- and polysaccharides. Aminoacids.