General Chemistry

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the molecular-level understanding of the physicochemical properties of organic substances aimed at characteristics of materials.

Ability to manage organic chemistry issues.

Ability to perform basic organic spectral analysis

The exam consists of two parts:

Part 1 - the student is asked to provide a full structural interpretation of FT-IR, MS, 1H- and 13C- NMR spectra and to elucidate the structures of an unknown compound (2 hours);

Part 2 - the student is asked to illustrate two thehourstical topics; it is aimed to verify to what extent the student has gained knowledge and understanding of the selected topics of the course and is able to communicate about his understanding.

Office Hours By appointment; contact the professor by email or at the end of class meetings. 
Useful tools A Free Comprehensive Chemical Drawing Package can be downloaded at the following URL: https://www.acdlabs.com/resources/freeware/chemsketch/

Covalent bonds and shape of molecules (2 hours). Acids and bases (2 hours). Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (2 hours). Alkenes (2 hours). Alkenes: Reactivity (3 hours). Chirality (3 hours). Alkynes (2 hours). Alkyl halides (3 hours). Alcohols, ehters and thiols (1 hour). Benzene and its derivatives (3 hours). Amines (1 hour). Aldehydes and ketones (2 hours). Carboxylic acids (3 hours). Functional derivatives of carboxylic acids (3 hours). Infrared spectroscopy (6 hours). Mass Spectrometry (6 hours). NMR Spectroscopy (10 hours). Tutorials (27 hours)

William H. Brown, Thomas Poon, Introduction to Organic Chemistry, 6th Edition, Wiley