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Course code: BBS10039o11Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: organic chemistry
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 6
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Czesław Wawrzeńczyk
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: After completing the course student is able to practice the basic laboratory techniques of organic chemistry (distillation, extraction, crystallization, chromatography). He can determine basic physicochemical data as melting point, boiling point, refractive index of organic compounds. 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 project the synthesis of simple compounds as well as the 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. Characteristic reactions for particular groups of organic compounds. 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. John McMurry, Chemia organiczna, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 2005.
Assessment methods: written exam, the minimal level of knowledge required to pass the course: 60%
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