Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge of Chemistry, high school level.
Knowledge of English.

Teaching Methods

The theoretical classes will be taught by the projection of slides, which are placed on the UCTeacher platform before each class. Worksheets will also be available for students to solve. When justified, exercise resolution classes will be taught.
The practical-laboratory classes will be taught through oral presentations by groups of students, as well as by the practical execution of the works.

Learning Outcomes

- Classifying the organic compounds and assign its nomenclature, particularly in the IUPAC system
- Interpreting the reactivity of organic molecules
- Classifying the organic reactions: addition and electrophilic substitution, elimination, nucleophilic and radical addition and substitution
- Describe and explain the mechanisms of organic reactions
- To characterize the structural aspects that influence the reactivity
- To indicate the general physical properties of organic compounds
- To predict and classify the behavior of chemical compounds belonging to the chemical groups more representatives as well as of biomolecules (carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids)
- Planning chemical syntheses;
- To execute several techniques of identification and purification of organic compounds and to execute small laboratory chemical syntheses

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

THEORETICAL TEACHING:
Nomenclature, physical properties, methods of preparation and reactivity of:
- ALKANES AND CYCLOALKANES
- ALKYL HALIDES
- ÁLCOHOLS

- ETERS
- EPOXIDES
- ALKENES
- CONJUGATED DIENES
- AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
- ALDEHYDES AND KETONES
- CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND DERIVATIVES (ESTERS AND AMIDES)
- AMINES
Nomenclature, physical properties, methods of preparation and reactivity of:
- CARBOHYDRATES
- AMINOACIDS AND PROTEINS
- NUCLEIC ACIDS
- LIPIDS
PRACTICAL-LABORATORY TEACHING:
- Thin layer chromatography
- Simple distillation
- Fractional distillation
- Crystallization
- Liquid-liquid extraction
- Melting point
- Alchool classification
- Diels-Alder reaction

Head Lecturer(s)

Fernanda Maria Fernandes Roleira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 30.0%
Exam: 35.0%
Frequency: 35.0%

Bibliography

Ensino teórico:
Volhardt, K. P. C.; Schore, N. E., Organic Chemistry, W.H. Freeman & Company: New York, 7th Ed., 2015.
Brown, W.W., Organic Chemistry, Saunders College Publishing,: London 3th Ed 2002.
Fox, M. A.; Whitesell, J. K., Organic Chemistry, Jones and Bartlett Publishers: Sudbury, 3th Ed., 2015.
Morrison, R. T.; Boyd, R. N., Química Orgânica, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 13ª Ed., 1996.
Ensino prático-laboratorial:
AULT, A. Techniques and Experiments for Organic Chemistry, 6th Ed.; University Science Books; USA; 1998.
MOHRIG, J. R.; HAMMOD, C. M.; MORRIL, T. C.; NECKERS, D. C. Experimental Organic Chemistry, Macroscale and Microscale, W. H. Freeman and Company: New York 1998.
VOGELTextbook of Pratical Organic Chemistry, Longman, 5th Ed., 1989.
FIESER, L. F.; WILLIAMSON, K. L. Organic Experiments, D. C. Heath & Company, 1987lçn.