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Course code: NBSS10031o10Semester: 2010/2011 summer
Name: Organic Chemistry
Major: Biotechnology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 12
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 60 / 75 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Czesław Wawrzeńczyk
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: After completing the course student is able to practise the basic laboratory techniques of organic chemistry (destilation, extraction, crystallization, chromatography). He is able to synthetize a simple organic compound by himself as well as determine its basic physicochemical data (melting point, boiling point, refractive index). On the basis of characteristic reactions and spectroscopic data (NMR, IR, UV) the student is capable to identify the unknown organic compound.
Competences: Completing the course makes possible to design the synthesis of simple compounds, to establish the structure of new compounds isolated from natural sources as well as the products of chemical and enzymatic reactions.
Prerequisites: General and Inorganic Chemistry
Course content: Nomenclature, properties and reactions of aliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclic compounds containing the common functional groups. Stereochemistry and the electronic structures of these molecules. Mechanisms of reactions of organic compounds. The introduction to the major classes of biomolecules: carbohydrates, amino acids, peptides, nucleotides and nucleic acids. The application of spectroscopic methods to establishing the structure of organic compounds.
Recommended literature: 1. Chemia organiczna, Mastalerz P., PWN, 1996 2. Chemia organiczna, Wawrzeńczyk C., Wyd. AR, 2001 3. Advanced Organic Chemistry, March J.J. Wiley and Sons 1992 4. “Organic Chemistry” fourth edition, John McMurry, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company ITP. An International Thomson Company, 1996
Assessment methods: Written exam, the minimal level of knowledge required to pass the course: 60%.
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