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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
CHIM0205-2  Organic chemistry I

Duration :  40h Th, 35h Pr, 15h QA Sess.
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in chemical sciences, 1st yearSecond semester8
Lecturer :  Albert Demonceau
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
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
Learning outcomes of the course :  
The course aims at introducing the fundamentals in organic chemistry. This strategy rests on the functional-group approach and a mechanistic approach.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Basic knowledge in chemistry.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Participation to the praticals is mandatory
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
The copies of the transparencies are available for the students.
Recommended or required readings :  

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 methods and criteria :  
2 Tests during the second semester
Oral examination + written examination
Organizational remarks :  
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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
Yannick Borguet, assistant: Institut de Chimie, bâtiment B.6a, 3ème étage,
locaux 3.31 - 3.35
Tél. : 04/366.35.68 - Fax : 04/366.34.97 - E-mail : yborguet@ulg.ac.be


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