Organic Chemistry II

Code:

Q2011

Acronym:

Q2011

Level:

200

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Chemistry

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle2425.up.pt/course/view.php?id=6221
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Chemistry

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:Q	60	study plan from 2016/17	2	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Knowledge of several families of organic molecules 
with regard to their structure, synthesis, reactivity 
and mechanisms of their main chemical reactions.

Understanding the relationship between the structure 
and function of organic molecules and connection to 
examples from everyday life, industry and applications 
in Health and Life Sciences.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should acquire the ability to recognise the main reactions of a variety of functional groups, the mechanisms involved and the structure-reactivity relationships of the main families of organic compounds (aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, benzene and its derivatives). Students should identify the presence and relevance of some of these functional classes in biomolecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids).

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

PRE-REQUISITES It is highly recommended that the students previously attend the courses of Química I, Química II and Química Orgânica I

 

 

Program

Lectures:


Chapter 1 – Aldehydes and ketones: the carbonyl group
Chapter 2 – Carbohydrates: polyfunctional compounds in Nature and their relation to the chemistry of carbonyl compounds
Chapter 3 – Enols, enolates and the aldol condensation
Chapter 4 – Delocalized pi systems
Chapter 5 – Benzene and aromaticity; Hückel's Rule 
Chapter 6 – Electrophilic aromatic substitutions on benzene and derivatives; types, mechanisms, and regioselectivity
Chapter 7 – Carboxylic acids; structure and reactivity; fatty acids as examples of natural carboxylic acids
Chapter 8 – Carboxylic acid derivatives: definition, types, synthesis, and reactivity; the chemistry of esters; waxes and glycerides as examples of natural esters
Chapter 9 – Amines and amides: the emblematic nitrogen-containing organic compounds
Chapter 10 - Amino acids, peptides, proteins and nucleic acids: nitrogen-containing biomolecules in the origins of Life

Mandatory literature

Vollhardt K. Peter C.; Organic chemistry. ISBN: 0-7167-4374-4

Complementary Bibliography

Carey Francis A. 1937-; Organic chemistry. ISBN: 9780071323970
Solomons T. W. Graham; Organic chemistry. ISBN: 0-471-01342-0

Teaching methods and learning activities

1 - Lectures (2 hours per week)

The different subjects will be presented by using multimedia tools.  The slides will be available in the web page of the discipline (Moodle), as well as complementary documents.


2 - Practical classes (2.5 hours per week, compulsory classes)

Students will work individually, to solve problems related to the topics thaught in this course. At the beginning of each class (predictably, classes 3 to 12), each student will resolve a written mini-test (30 minutes) on topics previously addressed. The remainder of the class will be devoted to accompanied resolution/discussion of problems related to the programme of the course.

Important: A total of 10 mini-tests is planned, each of which contributing in 5% to the final classification of the student (meaning that the average classification of the tests will count for 50% of the final mark obtained in this course). Each mini-test that a student fails to do will have a 0 (zero) mark.

keywords

Physical sciences > Chemistry > Organic chemistry

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	73,00
Frequência das aulas	84,00
Trabalho escrito	5,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Practical classes are mandatory.

The students cannot miss more than 3 practical classes (1/4 of the number of practical sessions on a basis of 12 weeks).

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade (NF) is given by two parameters, namely, the average grade of the 10 mini-tests done in the practical classes (NTP) and the grade in the final exam (NEF), regardless of this being the normal or the resit exam:

NF = 0.50 x NTP + 0.50 NEF

There is no minimum grade required at either NTP or NEF to pass the course, but a minimum NF mark of 9.5 plus frequency of the practical classes are required for approval.

The NTP grade cannot be improved.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with special statuses like TE or DA will be allowed to opt by being evaluated only by final exam, in which case their final grade in this course will be equal to the mark obtained in the exam (NF = NEF). This option must be communicated in writing (e-mail) to the regent of the course before the end of the classes (till the 18th of December 2024). The students who do not communicate this option within the deadline will be evaluated by the general regime explained above.

Classification improvement

It will be only possible to improve the NEF grade (exam).

The final classification of students who take a grade improvement exam will be calculated according to the calculation formula in effect during the academic year in which they passed the Curricular Unit.

Observations

Jury:

Paula Alexandra de Carvalho Gomes

José Enrique Rodríguez Borges