C2705 Principles of Organic Chemistry - seminar

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jaromír Literák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Patrik Pospíšil (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jaromír Literák, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
NOW( C2700 Organic Chemistry Principles )
Knowledge of the general and inorganic chemistry.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Student will be able to work with formula representing constitution and space arrangement of organic molecules. Student will be able to distinguish functional groups in organic compounds and will be capable of writing reaction mechanisms and products of their transformations.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to work with formulas representing the constitution and space arrangement of organic molecules. The student will be able to distinguish functional groups in organic compounds and will be capable of writing reaction mechanisms and products of their transformations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Bonding and coordination of atoms in organic molecules. Functional groups. Conjugation and resonance formula. Oxidation number. Classification of organic reactions. Reactions mechanisms in organic reaction.
  • 2. Acidity and basicity. Alkanes and cycloalkanes. Conformation. Introduction to stereochemistry of organic compounds. Representation of spatial arrangement of organic molecules. Introduction to organic nomenclature.
  • 3. Nucleophilic aliphatic substitution and elimination reactions, basic mechanisms.
  • 4. Alkenes and alkynes: addition reactions. Pericyclic reactions.
  • 5. Aromatic hydrocarbons, their derivatives and reactions. Nucleophilic aromatic substitutions.
  • 6. Carbonyl compounds and their reactivity towards nucleophiles and electriphiles. Aldol reactions. Reductive amination. 1,2- and 1,4-Additions.
  • 7. Carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Derivatives of carbonic acid.
  • 8. Alcohols, phenols, ethers, epoxides and their sulfur analogues.
  • 9. Amines and nitro compounds. Organometalic compounds and their reactivity.
  • 10. Radical reactions of hydrocarbons: halogenation and autooxidation.
  • 11. Aminoacids and peptides. Lipids. Carbohydrates. Heterocyclic compounds.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • MCMURRY, John. Organická chemie. 1. vyd. Brno: VUTIUM, VŠCHT Praha, 2015, 1200 pp. ISBN 978-80-214-4769-1. info
  • CLAYDEN, Jonathan. Organic chemistry. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xxv, 1234. ISBN 9780199270293. info
  • LITERÁK, Jaromír. Příklady ke Speciálnímu semináři z organické chemie I. Elportál. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
Teaching methods
Seminar
Assessment methods
Three tests per semester (must obtain 50 % of all points).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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