Code: | Q2011 | Acronym: | Q2011 | Level: | 200 |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Chemistry |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Chemistry |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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L:Q | 38 | study plan from 2016/17 | 2 | - | 6 | 56 | 162 |
The main objective of this course is to provide the students with the appropriate skills to solve practical problems in contemporary organic chemistry, by understanding the connection between structure and function. After learning the structures and functions of the various families of organic compounds, the mechanisms of new important reactions will be discussed. During this course, new applications of organic chemistry in the life sciences, industrial practices, environmental monitoring and clean-up as far as synthesis and green chemistry will be referred to.
By the end of this course students must recognize the most important reactions of a variety of functional groups, the mechanisms associated with them and the structure-reactivity relationships of the major families of organic compounds (aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, benzene and its derivatives), with particular emphasis on biomolecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids).
RECOMMENDED PRE-REQUISITES It is recommended that the students previously attend the courses of Fundamentos de Química and EstruturAtómica e Molecular
Lectures
Chapter 1 – Amino acids, peptides, proteins and nucleic acids: nitrogen-containing polymers in Nature
Chapter 2 – Aldehydes and ketones: the carbonyl group
Chapter 3 – Carbohydrates: polyfunctional compounds in Nature
Chapter 4 – Delocalized pi systems
Chapter 5 – Benzene and aromaticity: electrophilic aromatic substitution
Chapter 6 – Electrophilic attack on derivatives of benzene: substituents control regioselectivity
Chapter 7 – Enols, enolates and the aldol condensation: ,-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones
Chapter 8 – Carboxylic acids
Chapter 9 – Carboxylic acid derivatives
1 - Lectures (2 hours per week, compulsory classes)
The different subjects will be presented by using multimedia tools. The slides will be available in the web page of the discipline, as well as complementary documents.
2 - Practical classes (2 hours per week, compulsory classes) will be conducted to solve problems related to the matter taught in the lectures.
Students will work in groups (5-6 students) in the resolution of the problems previously available via Moodle. The forms should be resolved at home, as an autonomous work, and, in class, students will discuss in their groups the different approaches taken and propose the answers to the questions. After this initial period of discussion, each group will solve a problem from its form, showing colleagues its reasoning.
Students will be evaluated for their work (self and hetero-evaluation).
designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 80,00 |
Participação presencial | 20,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
The students cannot miss more than 1/4 of the number of lectures and practical sessions on a basis of 13 weeks.
The maximum absences are 3 on each type of classes.
Dates of tests: T1 - October 27th ; T2 - November 29th;
T3 - Exam's first date
The final grade (NF) is calculated as a weighted average of the pratical evaluation (NTP) and theoretical evaluation (NEF) or the average grade of the three tests conducted during the semester (NMT) according to the algorithm:
NF = 0,20 x NTP + 0,80 NEF ou NF = 0,20 x NTP + 0,80 NMT
To pass the course, both the NEF as the NMT must be equal to or greater than 9.5.
Students with an weighted average of the tests lower than 9,5 must do the final exam.