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GENERAL AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Organic Chemistry module

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2021/2022
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2021/2022
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
6
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
48
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (48 hours)
Requirements: 

Esam of general chemistry.

Written test.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Basic knowledge to understand how and why an organic molecule reacts. The student will learn that the reactivity and the physical/chemical properties of the considered organic compounds is the same that is found in biological ystems and in the enviroment, and that the organic chemistry is part of our daily life. At the end of the course, the student will be able to recognize simple organic systems in the nature and to predict the reactivity.

Structure of organic molecules: single, double and triple bonds. Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen(sp3, sp2, sp) hybridization. Bond length and bond energy. Electronegativity and bond polarization. Polarization effect on the reactivity. Electrophiles and nucleophiles.
Functional groups: structure and IUPAC nomenclature.
Resonance and aromaticity.
Nomenclature of polyfunctionalized molecules: priority scale of functional groups.
Stereochimistry.
Reactivity of functional groups.
ALKANES.
ALKENES.
ALKINES.
AROMATIC REACTIVITY.
ALKYL HALIDES.
ALCOHOLS.
CARBONYL COMPOUNDS.
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES (Acyl halides, Esters, Amides)

Structure of organic molecules: single, double and triple bonds. Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen(sp3, sp2, sp) hybridization. Bond length and bond energy. Electronegativity and bond polarization. Polarization effect on the reactivity. Electrophiles and nucleophiles.
Functional groups: structure and IUPAC nomenclature.
Resonance and aromaticity.
Nomenclature of polyfunctionalized molecules: priority scale of functional groups.
Stereochimistry.
Reactivity of functional groups.
ALKANES.
ALKENES.
ALKINES.
AROMATIC REACTIVITY.
ALKYL HALIDES.
ALCOHOLS.
CARBONYL COMPOUNDS.
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES (Acyl halides, Esters, Amides).

ELEMENTI DI CHIMICA ORGANICA, Paula Yurkanis Bruice - II edizione

INTRODUZIONE ALLA CHIMICA ORGANICA, William H. Brown and Thomas Poon - VI edizione

The course will be held through 24 lectures (48 hours), also including exercises carried out in classroom. PPT slides will be used in classroom.

Please contact for an appointment by email: s.gazzola@uninsubria.it

Professors

GAZZOLA SILVIA

Parent course

GENERAL AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY