Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Workshop
Module Offerings
3420FNDSCI-JAN-CTY
Aims
To provide students with a grounding in organic chemistry.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Recall the properties and preparation of a range of organic functional groups.
2.
Describe the shapes and reaction mechanisms of a range of organic molecules.
3.
Apply knowledge of the properties and reactions of organic compounds.
4.
Classify biopolymers as natural or semi-synthetic.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Isomerism: Empirical formula, homologous series.
Application of IUPAC rules to nomenclature of simple organic compounds.
Constitutional Isomers, geometric isomers, chirality and optical isomers. Hydrocarbons. Alkanes, mixtures of alkanes found in petroleum, industrial processes, properties, combustion, economic and environmental effects. Characteristic Organic Reactions. Functional groups, homolytic and heterolytic fission, bond making/breaking, Free radicals, nucleophiles and electrophiles, ionic mechanisms, types of organic reactions,
Simple types of organic mechanism, addition, elimination, substitution. Preparation and reactions of simple organic functional groups such as alkenes, alkynes, halides, alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids and derivatives.
Simple functional group interconversions.
Redox in the context of organic chemistry: oxidation numbers and example redox reactions.
Structure and reactions of benzene. Preparation of monosubstituted derivatives.
Natural and semi-synthetic polymers.
Module Overview:
This module covers fundamental organic chemistry concepts.
This module covers fundamental organic chemistry concepts.
Additional Information:Module covers fundamental organic chemistry concepts.