Organic Chemistry

Recommended Prerequisites

It is assumed that students have had at least a introductory courseof Chemistry in high school.  

Teaching Methods

Lectures: the exposure of the theoretical program is made based on the resolution of issues and practical exercises to stimulate the integration and acquisition of knowledge and to promote the deductive reasoning.

Additional exercises, with more complex questions that challenge students to expand their problem solving skills, are also provided.

Laboratorial classes: the consolidation of knowledge taught in the theoretical component is done through the implementation of synthesis of organic compounds and analytical techniques. It requires the prior preparation of each practical work.

Learning Outcomes

a) Evaluate the molecular geometry, hybridization and polarity of organic molecules.

b) Identify and name the functional groups

c) Apply the IUPAC nomenclature

d) Proceed to the conformational analysis of alkanes and cycloalkanes

e) Recognize the existence of stereoisomerism and apply the system of Cahn-Ingold-Prelog (R / S)

f) Identify  metallic, ionic and covalent bonds

g) Understand electron delocalization and its effect on stability and reactivity

h) Identify, and represent the mechanism of substitution (by radical, electrophilic aromatic, S_N1, S_N2, S_NA), addition (electrophilic and nucleophilic), elimination (E1 and E2) and pericyclic reactions.

i) Apply basic techniques for the preparation, purification and identification of organic compounds

j) Analyze an experimental procedure  and suggest improvements

k) Comply with safety rules in conducting laboratorial experiments.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Theoretical:

Introduction to Organic Chemistry;
Atomic and molecular structure;

Functional Groups - centers of reactivity

Naming rules of organic compounds
Study of the structure, properties and reactivity of:

-Alkanes, cycloalkanes, conformational analysis

-Unsaturated compounds: alkenes, alkynes, benzene and derivatives

-Functional groups containing heteroatoms: alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives, amines and derivatives
Stereochemistry, chirality and stereoisomerism;
Reaction mechanisms

Principles of Green Chemistry (sustainable chemistry) - fundamental concepts and examples

Practical and Laboratory:
The concepts taught in the theoretical component are applied in the synthesis, evaluation of reactivity and characterization of organic compounds.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Maria Telmo Dias Pereira Vicente Cabral

Assessment Methods

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

Bibliography

Dewick P.M., Essentials of Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2006.

Fox M.A., Whitesell J.K., Organic Chemistry, 3rd Ed. Clondon, Jones and Bartlett Publ., 2004.

Volhardt, K. P. C.; Schore, N. E. Organic Chemistry, Structure and Function, W. H. Freeman and Company: New YorK, 2014, 4th Ed.

Morrison, R. T. e Boyd, R. N., Química Orgânica, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 13ª Ed., 1996

Panico, R.; Powell OWELL, W. H. e Richer, J.- C., A Guide to the IUPAC Nomenclatura of Organic Compounds,. Blackwell Science: Oxford, 1993: Tradução Portuguesa, 2002

Keese R., Brandle M.P., Toube T.P., Practical Organic Synthesis — A Student´s Guide, 4th Ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2006.

Zubrick J.W., The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual — A Student´s Guide to Techniques, 4th Ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1997.

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