General concepts on Carbon and functional groups in Organic Chemistry. Alkanes. Stereochemistry. Aliphatic Nucleophilic Substitutions. Alkenes. Alkynes. Conjugated derivatives. Allylic systems. Dienes. Alcohols and ethers. Aromatic compounds. Aldehydes and ketones. Carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Amines. Polyfunctional derivatives. Lipids. Carbohydrates. Aminoacids. Peptides. Nucleic acids
Textbooks: J. Gorzynski Smith “Fondamenti di Chimica Organica” Ed. Mc Graw Hill
Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired: Acquisition of base concepts relative to the properties and reactivity of organic molecules
Competence acquired (at the end of the course): Knowledge of the most important reactions of organic molecules and the relative mechanisms
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): Interpretation of the behaviour of organic molecules and subsequently of biochemical mechanisms
Prerequisites
Courses recommmended: Chimica generale
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
Type of Assessment
Exam modality: Written test, plus optional oral examination.
Examination details: the written test involves exercises covering the whole program of the course (e.g.recognition of functional groups, nomenclature and stereochemistry, reactions, biological molecules). The oral part consists in a correction of the written test and an eventual deepening of some key topics. Evaluation parameters: learning verification, critical reasoning skills, expertise in the use of specialized vocabulary.
Course program
General concepts on Carbon and 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. Conjugated derivatives. Allylic systems. Dienes. Alcohols and ethers. Aromatic compounds. Aromaticity. Aromatic electrophilic substitutions. Aldehydes and ketones. Nucleophilic additions, emiacetals, acetals, imines. Ketoenolic tautomeric equilibrium. Carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Acyl chlorides, anhydrides, esters, amides. Nucleophilic substitution at the acylic carbon.Amines. Polyfunctional derivatives. Lipids. Carbohydrates. Di- and polysaccharides. Aminoacids. Peptides. Protein synthesis and structure. Nucleic acids.