CHEMISTRY - MODULE B

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in ENGINEERING FOR WORK AND ENVIRONMENT SAFETY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2023/2024
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2023/2024
Course type: 
Supplementary compulsory subjects
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
6
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
56
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (32 hours), Exercise (24 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Module B is explicitly divided into theoretical part (4 credits) and exercises (2 credits). The exercises will generally take place at the end of the illustration of each topic, with the teacher carrying out exercises of immediate application of the theoretical part addressed. At the end of the theoretical lessons, further sessions of summary exercises will be held with tests assigned in previous exam sessions.

The main contents of Module B can be summarized as follows:

1.Structure and chemical bond; acids and bases. What is organic chemistry. Nomenclature. Organic structures and functional groups
2.Class of organic compounds: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, dienes, aromatic compounds, alkyl halides, organometallic compounds, alcohols, phenols, ethers, thiols, sulphides, aldehydes and ketones, amines, nitro compounds, heterocyclic derivatives, carboxylic acids and their derivatives .
3. Organic reactions. Nucleophilic addition, electrophilic addition, elimination, nucleophilic substitution, electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions
4. The substitution reactions in alpha to carbonyl and the condensation reactions
5. Acidity and basicity and pKa.
6. Delocalization and conjugation
7. The stereochemistry of tetrahedral compounds
8. The chemistry of life and biomolecules: carbohydrates, amino acids, peptides, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids.

Types of teaching activities

The educational activities of Modeule B consist of lectures and at the end of the illustration of each new topic, exercises sessions are held on the subject in question.

Each of the two teaching modules provides a final test and given a rating. The outcome of each trial is thirty: the test is deemed passed if the candidate gets a vote of at least 18/30. The final grade is the average, weighted on the number of credits, the outcome of the two tests.
Evidence relating to the items of the Form A is a written exam of 3 hours. It is multiple choice questions in sufficient numbers to cover all the topics of the lectures, including the stoichiometry. Each correct answer is awarded 1 point, while the incorrect answers are assigned zero score.
Evidence relating to the Form B is a written exam lasting approximately 2.5 hours when there are questions in an open form, short-answer questions, and also multiple-choice questions on the entire program carried out during the course. Each correct answer is awarded a score, while wrong answers is attributed to non-scoring.
The total score obtained by the candidate in each written test is normalized so as to be out of thirty. Following the publication of the votes, the teachers of Form A and Form B provide the opportunity to view the writings by convening ad hoc candidates.

The lecturer is available to more details and clarifications on any requests made by the students receiving at his office by previous contact via email: andrea.penoni@uninsubria.it or by phone (031-2386440).