Organic Chemistry

Lecture

Learning outcomes:

At the end of the course, the students:

are familiar with the most important classes of organic substances and their physical and chemical properties;
are able to identify typical physical properties and chemical reactions on the basis of the corresponding molecular structures and to understand fundamental organic reaction mechanisms;
understand how functional groups can be converted into one another under certain reaction conditions;
are familiar with the basics of stereochemistry;
are able to understand the properties of essential classes of biomolecules (such as amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids).

Content:

Fundamental principles of organic chemistry (such as theory of chemical bonds and molecular structure),
Introduction into important classes of organic substances (including essential classes of biomolecules) with a special focus on their physical and chemical properties (such as volatility, polarity, solubility, acidity / basicity).
Presentation of typical chemical reactions of organic compounds including reaction mechanisms,
Influences of stereochemical aspects on the molecular structure as well as the physical and chemical properties of organic substances.

Exercises

Learning outcomes:

At the end of the course:

students are able to transfer their knowlegde (lecture topics) to corresponding exercise problems;
students are able to formulate and explain the corresponding reaction equations and mechanisms.

Practical Course

Learning outcomes:

Students are familiar with important techniques of classic preparative and analytical organic chemistry.
They gained first practical experience in the preparation, purification and characterisation of organic substances.

Content:

Basic techniques of organic synthesis (such as heating under reflux, recrystallization, liquid-liquid extraction),
Basic techniques of analytical organic chemistry (such as determination of melting points and optical purities)

Requirements

none

Recommendations: Successful completion of module General Chemistry (1^st Sem.)

Passing of module – graded

Written final examination (90 %)

Lab course (oral examination and lab report (10 %)

Both parts have to be passed separately.

Literature

K.P.C. Vollhardt, N.E. Schore, Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function, Freeman, New York.
2. P.Y. Bruice, Organic Chemistry, Prentice Hall, New York.
3. J. McMurry, Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, Brooks / Cole Cengage Learning.
4. H.P. Latscha, H.A. Klein, Organische Chemie, Springer-Verlag.
5. Ulrich Lüning, Organische Reaktionen, Spektrum Akad. Verlag.
6. R. Brückner, Reaktionsmechanismen, Spektrum Verlag.
7. H.G.O. Becker et al., Organikum, Wiley-VCH.

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