2017-2018 / CHIM0205-2

Organic chemistry I

Duration

40h Th, 35h Pr, 15h QA Sess.

Number of credits

 Bachelor in chemistry8 crédits 

Lecturer

Albert Demonceau

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit 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 learning unit

The course aims at introducing the fundamentals in organic chemistry. This strategy rests on the functional-group approach and a mechanistic approach.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

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

Work placement(s)

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 Morgan Hans, 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 : m.hans@ulg.ac.be