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CHIM0205-1

Organic chemistry I


Duration :30h Th, 35h Pr, 15h QA Sess.
Credits/ECTS :
1st year of a Bachelor's degree in chemical sciences6
required preliminary complement to register in the "licence" in biochemical sciences7
Holder(s) :Albert Demonceau
Course contents : Contents:
1. Structure and bonding
2. Polar covalent bonds; acids and bases
3. Organic compounds: alkanes and cycloalkanes
4. Stereochemistry of alkanes and cycloalkanes
5. An overview of organic reactions
6. Alkenes: structure and reactivity
7. Alkenes: reactions and synthesis
8. Alkynes: an introduction to organic synthesis
9. Stereochemistry
10.Alkyl halides
11.Reactions of alkyl halides: nucleophilic substitutions and eliminations
12.Conjugated dienes
13.Alcohols
14.Ethers and epoxides
15.Aldehydes and ketones: nucleophilic addition reactions
16.Carboxylic acids and nitriles
17.Carboxylic acid derivatives and nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions
18.Carbonyl alpha-substitution reactions
Course objective : The course aims at introducing the fundamentals in organic chemistry. This strategy rests on the functional-group approach and a mechanistic approach.
Prerequisites : Basic knowledge in chemistry.
Workshops : Participation to the praticals is mandatory
Organization : The copies of the transparencies are available for the students.
Written notes :
Organic Chemistry, J. McMurry, 6e édition, Thomson - Brooks/Cole, Belmont, California, USA, 2004

Photocopies of the transparencies (± 530 pages)

Experimental Organic Chemistry. Principles and Practice, L.M. Harwood et C.J. Moody, Blackwell Scientific Publications

"Orbit molecular building system", Aldrich, réf. Z18,475-6;
Assessment : 2 Tests during the second semester

Oral examination + written examination
Contacts : Albert Demonceau: Institut de Chimie, bâtiment B.6a, 3ème étage, local 3.32
Tél. : 04/366.34.95 - Fax : 04/366.34.97 - E-mail : A.Demonceau@ulg.ac.be
Sébastien Delfosse, assistant: Institut de Chimie, bâtiment B.6a, 3ème étage,
locaux 3.31 - 3.35
Tél. : 04/366.34.45 - Fax : 04/366.34.97 - E-mail : sdelfosse@ulg.ac.be
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Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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