Download Organic Chemistry

Title of the Study Program
Title of the Module
Faculty, Department
Instructor
Address
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Department of Physics and Chemistry
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vladas Gefenas
Studentų g. 39, Vilnius LT-08106, tel. +370 5 2790478,
[email protected]
English
Language of Instruction
General and Inorganic chemistry
Required Prerequisites
Suggested Academic Cycle Bachelor degree studies (from 2nd year of studies)
or Year of Studies
Autumn/Spring
Semester
6
ECTS Credits
5
Contact Hours per Week
Compulsory
Compulsory/ Elective
Lectures, seminars, laboratory practice, individual
Methods of Teaching
consultations
Exam (50%); laboratory practice (30%); individual work
Form of Assessment
(20%)
Course Description
The course consists of four parts. The first part will provide students with constitution,
configuration, conformation and structure of organic molecules. The students will be trained to draw
empirical, molecular, structural and stereochemical formulas. This part deals with isomerism and
interaction of atoms in organic molecule, induction and mesomeris effects. In this part will be also
presented types of organic reagents and reactions, and statistic, static and dynamic factors determining
reactivity of organic scompounds as well.
The second part deals with properties of organic compounds. This part describes aliphatic and
aromatic hydrocarbons, halohydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their
derivatives, organic bases amines and sulphur compounds (homological row, isomerism,
nomenclature, occurrence in nature, physical and chemical properties, methods of synthesis). In this
part characteristic reaction mechanisms (SR, SE, SN, AR, AE, AN, E, R, polymerisation,
polycondensation) will be studied.
The third part will provide with basics of multifunctional bioorganic compounds: lipids,
amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, biologicaly active heterocycles, DNA and RNA components.
The fourth part describes acidity and basicity of organic compounds (Bronsted and Lewis
theories, Pearson HSAB principle).
Readings
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Vollhardt P., Schore N. Organic chemistry: structure and function. – New York: W. H. Freeman and
Company, 2011.
McMurry J. Organic Chemistry. – Brooks/Cole. A division of Thomson Learning, 2000.
Clayden J., Greeves N., Warren S., Wothers P. Organic Chemistry. – Oxford: “University Press”, 2001.
Solomons T.W. Graham, Fryhle C.B. Organic Chemistry. – USA: John Wiley  Sons Inc., 2002.
Li J.J. Name Reactions. A Collection of Detailed Reaction Mechanisms. – Berlin-Heidelberg:
“Springer-Verlag”, 2003.