Course content

An overwiew is given over the most important classes of organic compounds, their properties, their synthesis and isomeric relationships. The lectures deal with the basic prinsiples of stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms and chemical bonding and describe spectroscopial methods, such as NMR, UV/VIS, IR and MS. Natural products, and synthetic macromolecules will also be presented. In the laboratory course students learn the basic laboratory technics and perform a certain number of syntheses in micro- and macroscale.

Learning outcome

This course provides a general introduction to organic chemistry.The laboratory course will give an introduction to practical laboratory work. The students will also get training in using the library and in searching chemical literature.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures (4 hours per week), exercises (2 hours per week)and laboratory work (ca. 7 hours per week). The laboratory course (100 hours) must be approved before the final examination. Final examination: 5 hours written examination. For extraordinary examinations, written examination may be changed to oral examination. Admission to the course is restricted (140 places).

Compulsory assignments

• Approved laboratory course

Recommended previous knowledge

The course is based on KJ1000.

Required previous knowledge

Approved laboratory course in the course KJ1000 or corresponding courses.

Course materials

T.W. Graham Solomoms Graig Fryhle, "Organic chemistry", 9. ed.

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