General Organic Chemistry A

Objectives

Background knowledge in Organic Chemistry for future Biomedical Engineers and Celular and Molecular Biology Graduates.

General characterization

Code

11194

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Artur Jorge Carneiro Moro, Marco Diogo Richter Gomes da Silva

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 60

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge in English.

Basic knowledge in Physics and general Chemistry. 

Bibliography

Recommended book:

 

Organic Chemistry

 

 de Jonathan Clayden, Nick Greeves e Stuart Warren

 

 Oxford University Press

Teaching method

Face-to-face teaching.

Lectures on the board and application examples.

Resolution of exercises and application examples - TP classes.

Six practical classes, involving  4 different laboratory works.

Evaluation method

Método de avaliação: 

  • 75% theoretical component (Tests)
  • 25% practical component (Lab Classes and Mini-tests)
  • Minumum evaluation of 9,5 (out of 20) at both components
 
Evaluation of the theoretical component:
- 2 tests 
Final weighted average greater than, or equal, 
to 9.5 values.
 
Practical component evaluation:
Students will be organized in groups of 2, but the evaluation is individual.

1 - Mandatory presence in ALL laboratory classes.
If a student does not attend all lab classes, the student will not be evaluated.
 
2 - It is mandatory to have a laboratory notebook.
The individual lab notebook is a mandatory item for lab classes.
 
Quantitative evaluation of the practical component -
Arithmetic average of 4 mini-tests. Minimum grade in each is 9.5 values.

Subject matter

1. Introduction. Strucure of organic compounds. Covalent bonds. Hybridisation. Resonance and aromaticity. Functional groups. Physical properties.

2. Reactivity in Organic Chemistry. Kinetics and thermodinamics. Reaction mechanisms. Acidity and basicity.

3. Saturated hydrocarbons. Isomerism, Conformational analysis. Radical reactions.

4. Stereochemistry.

5. Nucleophylic substitution and elimination reactions. Mechanisms snd rectivity.

6. Unsaturated hydrocarbons. Addition reactions. Reactions of aromatic compounds.

7. Carbonyl compounds.

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