Course: Organic Chemistry

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Course title Organic Chemistry
Course code OCH/OCHBI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Stýskala Jakub, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Soural Miroslav, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction - history, development of organic chemistry as a science, structure of organic chemistry. General part - structure of organic molecules and their presentation. Models, kinds of structural formulas. Isomerism, nomenclature of organic compounds. Relationship between structure, properties and reactivity of organic compounds. Bonding and steric factors. Types of organic reactions, their mechanism. Agents and their classification. The preparation, properties, and reactivity of organic compounds. - Hydrocarbons (Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and aromatic compounds), Haloalkanes, Alcohols, Phenols, Compound with sulphur, Nitrogen organic compounds, Organometalic compounds, Compounds with carbonyl groups ( Aldehydes and ketones and their derivatives), Quinones, Carboxylic acids and their derivatives, halogen-, hydroxy- and keto-carboxylic acids, amino acids, peptides, proteines. Heterocyclic compounds - classification of heterocycles, general approach to properties and syntheses. Carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
Specialized course focusing on fundamental of organic chemistry.
Define main concepts, describe main approaches, present system of the organic chemistry
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

The final exam consists of a written test, which if passed (75%), is followed by an oral exam. A part of the final exam is writing a seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • Červinka O., Dědek V., Ferles M. (1980). Organická chemie. SNTL Praha.
  • McMurry J. (2007). Organická chemie. Praha.
  • Slouka J., Wiedermannová I. (2002). Průvodce některými úvodními kapitolami organické chemie. UP Olomouc.
  • Solomons G., Fryhle C. (1999). Organic Chemistry 7th. John Wiley & Sons, New York.


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