Course content

Introduction to organic reaction and their mechanisms, nomenclature and conformations of alkanes and cycloalkanes, stereochemistry, substitution (SN1, SN2 ) and elimination (E1/E2) reactions of alkyl halides, addition reactions of alkenes and alkynes,synthesis and reactions of alcohols and ethers, oxidation-reduction and Grignard compounds,conjugated unsaturated systems, aromatic compounds, electrophil aromatic sustitution reactions, nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group of aldehyds and ketones, carboxylic acids , their derivatives and nucleophilic addition-elimination reaction,reactions at the a-carbon atom of carbonyl compounds (enolater), condensation and conjugate addition reactions of carbonyl compounds, synthesis and reactions of amines, arenediazonium salts, nucleophilic aromatic substitution of phenols and aryl halides, introduction to carbohydrates, introduction to amino acids, introduction to lipids

Learning outcome

After completing this course the student will, in relation to the content of the subject:

- be able to understand and communicate nomenclature and structure of organic chemical compounds
- know basic principles for reactions in organic chemistry
- be able to account for and derive mechanistic features of the reactions
- be able to predict competing reactions
- be able to name central reactions
- have a basic knowledge of how functional groups affect electron density, properties and reactivity in organic compounds
- be able to estimate pKa values for carboxylic acids, amines, alcohols and ketones in the presence of different functional groups

Learning methods and activities

The course consists of lectures (4 hours per week), theoretical excercises (2 hours per week, 67% of exercises must be accepted) and a laboratory course. In the laboratory course students learn the basic laboratory techniques and perform a certain number of syntheses to illustrate the theorie. The laboratory course (100 hours) must be approved before the final examination.The final written examination (4 hours) is evaluated and graded by letter. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Compulsory assignments

• Approved laboratory course
• Approved exercises (min. 67%)

Specific conditions

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", 10. ed.

Credit reductions