Laurea in Biotecnologie

Organic Chemistry (2011/2012)

Course code 4S00091   Credits 9   Coordinator Henriette Molinari Disciplinary sector CHIM/06 - Organic chemistry Teaching language Italian

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Teaching is organised as follows:

Lecture timetable

Educational objectives

The course is aimed at giving to the students the comprehension of the behavior of organic molecules as a prerequisite to further understand biochemistry and the chemistry of biological compound.
The course is also aimed at introducing the students to the scientific method.

Syllabus

Programma

7 crediti frontali
- Hydrocarbons
- Functional groups
- Iupac nomenclature of organic molecules
- Conformational analysis
- Stereochemistry
- Introduction to organic physical-chemistry
- Acidity and basicity in the organic reactions
- SN1, SN2, E1,E2 mechanisms
- Alkenes and Alkynes: reactivity
- Alchools, Ethers, Amines: reactivity
- Aromatic compound and elecrophilic aromatic substitution
- Carbonylic and carboxylic groups: reactivity
- Organic and enzymatic reactions
- Proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, peptides, nucleic acids and proteins

Laboratory: 2 credits

1) : Purification through distillation
2) : Separation of a three component mixture
3) : SN1 and purification via distoillation
4) : Carbohydrates
5) : Polarimeter

Exam methods

The students will undergo an oral examination

Teaching aids
Activity	Title	Format (Language, Size, Publication date)
Laboratorio	Materiale e sicurezza laboratorio 2012	octet-stream (it, 1,779.479 KB, 3/7/12)
Laboratorio	separazione miscela 3 componenti per estrazione 2012	pdf (it, 306.445 KB, 3/27/12)
Laboratorio	Turni laboratorio_2012	octet-stream (it, 172.41 KB, 3/8/12)
Laboratorio	V esp saggi zuccheri riducenti 2012	pdf (it, 140.231 KB, 5/22/12)
Laboratorio	VI esp polarimetro	pdf (it, 1,429.171 KB, 5/29/12)
Laboratorio	Cristallizzazione dell'acetanilide	octet-stream (it, 3,450.809 KB, 5/7/12)
Laboratorio	Distillazione del cloruro di t-butile 2012	octet-stream (it, 1,056.562 KB, 5/7/12)
Laboratorio	Materiale e sicurezza laboratorio 2012	octet-stream (it, 1,779.479 KB, 3/7/12)
Laboratorio	separazione miscela 3 componenti per estrazione 2012	pdf (it, 306.445 KB, 3/27/12)
Laboratorio	Turni laboratorio 2012	octet-stream (it, 172.41 KB, 3/7/12)

Statistics on students' past performance (Art. 2 del D.M. 31/10/2007, n. 544)

Data from AA 2011/2012 based on 51 students. I valori in percentuale sono arrotondati al numero intero più vicino.