Organic Chemistry

Recommended Prerequisites

General Chemistry knowledge acquired in secondary education and  knowledge of English writing.

Teaching Methods

Lectures taught through slide projection.

Theoretical-practical classes with exercises resolution involving the active participation of students.

Practical-laboratory classes taught by oral presentation of works and experimental execution of them, through groups of students. 

Learning Outcomes

Classification and nomenclature of organic compounds;

Interpret the reactivity of organic molecules;

Classify organic reactions;

Describe and explain the mechanisms of some organic reactions;

Characterize the structural aspects that influence reactivity;

Indicate the general physical properties of various types of compounds;

Perform basic laboratory techniques and the synthesis of organic compounds, through encouraging observation, interpretation and the discussion of results obtained.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Lectures:

Atomic and molecular structure.

Stereochemistry, stereoisomerism and chirality.

Nomenclature, structure, properties, preparation methods and reactivity of the: alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic hydrocarbons, alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives (chlorides and acid anhydrides, esters and amides), amines, aromatic heterocycles.,

Theoretical-practical classes:

Solving exercises.

Practical laboratory classes:

Isolation and identification of acetylsalicylic acid; synthesis and identification by thin layer chromatography of an analgesic; synthesis of a sunscreen; synthesis of a food preservative; Diels-Alder synthesis; stylbene bromination in a Green Chemistry context; synthesis of a local anesthetic. 

Head Lecturer(s)

Elisiário José Tavares Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 30.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

Lectures:

VOLHARDT, K. P. C.; Schore, N. E., Organic Chemistry, W. H. Freeman & Company: New York, 5th Ed., 2007.

MUCMURRY, J.; Begley, T., The Organic Chemistry of Biological Pathways, Roberts and Company Publishers, 2005.

BROWN, W.W., Organic Chemistry,Saunders College Publishing,: London 3rd Ed., 2002.

FOX, M. A.; Whitesell, J. K., Organic Chemistry,Jones and Bartlett Publishers: Sudbury, 3rd Ed., 2003.

CAREY, F.A., Organic Chemistry, Mac Graw-Hill, New York, 6th Ed., 2006.

CLAYDEN, J.; Greeves,N.; Stuart,W.,Wothers,P., Organic Chemistry, Oxford University Press, 2001.

Practical laboratory classes:

HAMMOND, C. N., Mohring, J. R., Morrill, T. C., Neckers, D. C., Experimental Organic  Chemistry, New YorK, W. H. Freeman and Company, 1999.

AULT, A., Techniques and Experiments for Organic Chemistry,6th Ed.; University Science  Books; USA; 1998.

VOGEL, Textbook of Pratical Organic Chemistry, Longman, 5th Ed., 1989.