Organic Chemistry

COURSE CURRICULUM

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Course title

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

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Code

HМ-303

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Study curriculum

Chemistry (applied chemistry, analytical biochemistry)

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Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

Institute of chemistry, PMF, UKIM

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Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

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Academic year/semester

II/III

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ECTS points

8

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Lecturer

Dr. Emil Popovski, Professor
Dr. Jane Bogdanov, Professor
Dr. Natasa Ristovska, Professor

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Prerequisites

General chemistry-level A
Inorganic chemistry-level A or B

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Course objectives (competences):
The goal of this course is to introduce the student with the common structural characteristics of organic compounds. The student will learn to recognize the basic and more advanced organic structures, to name them and to make a connection between structural features and the physical and chemical properties of the compounds where they are incorporated. Also, the student will be familiarized with the basic chemical equipment and glassware and will be trained to carry out the standard organic chemistry laboratory operations (mp determination, simple/fractional distillation, extractions, TLC etc.)

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Course content:
Structure and chemical bonds. Polar covalent bonds (A brief review of basic concepts, with particular attention directed to carbon and its compounds). Alkanes (characteristics, isomers, alkyl groups, nomenclature). Cycloalkanes (nomenclature, isomerism). Stereochemistry of alkanes and cycloalkanes. Conformations of cycloalkanes. Polycyclic molecules. Overview of organic reactions (types of reactions, mechanisms). Characteristics of organic reactions (energy changes, energy diagrams and transition states, intermediates). Alkenes (structure, nomenclature, isomerism, preparation of alkenes, elimination reactions, addition reactions, oxidation). Polymers. Alkynes (introduction to organic synthesis). Characteristics of alkynes (nomenclature, electronic structure, preparation, reactions). Stereochemistry (enantiomerism, optical activity, diastereoisomerism, chirality). Alkyl halides (nomenclature, structure, stability, preparation, reactions). Conjugated dienes (preparation, stability, reactions). Structure determination of conjugated systems by UV spectroscopy. Conjugation effect. Determination of structures (elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, NMR)

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Teaching methods: lectures, laboratory classes, problem solving, projects

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Total available time

240 hours

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Time distribution

4+1+3 hours/week (lectures 60 hours, problem solving 15 hours, laboratory classes 45 hours)

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

60 hours

15.2.

Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

60 hours

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Other activities

16.1.

Projects

0 hours

16.2.

Independent work

20 hours

16.3.

Homework

100 hours

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Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

70 points

17.2.

Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

15 points

17.3.

Activity

15 points

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Grading scale (points/mark)

< 50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

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Criteria for taking the final exam

Finished laboratory practicals and attending lectures

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Course language

Macedonian

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Teaching quality control

Anonymus surveys for course quality and student suggestions

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Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

John McMurry

Organic Chemistry 6thed.

Brooks/Cole

2004

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Bell C. E.; Taber D. F.; Clark A. K.

Organic chemistry laboratory with qualitative analysis: standard and microscale, 3rd ed.

Thomson

2001

3.

J.G. Traynham

Organic Nomenclature: A Programmed Introduction, 5th ed.

Prentice Hall

1997

22.2.

Additional

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