ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Organic Chemistry
Areas: Organic Chemistry
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
- To know the most important functional groups present in the organic compounds. To understand and to be able of using the IUPAC nomenclature system.
- To be able to represent organic compounds using Lewis's structures, structural formulae and with stereochemistry (Newmanm, Fischer, perspective) and using computer applications.
- To have basic notions of stereochemistry and conformational analysis.
- To relate physical properties (melting points, boiling points, solubility in water) with molecular structure.
- To know the main methods of separation of organic substances and their practical implementation.
- To know the most relevant chemical reactions of the functional groups studied.
- To know the industrial and environmental importance of organic compounds
- To develop oral communication skills.
TOPIC 1: STRUCTURE AND NOMENCLATURA OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Representation of organic molecules. Structural isomerism. Functional groups. Resonance. Hiybridization. Polarity. Intermolecular forces. Acids and bases.
TOPIC 2: ALKANES.
Physical properties. Conformacional analysis of Alkanes and cycloalkanes. Combustion. Halogenation. Petroleum.
TOPIC 3: STEREOCHEMISTRY. Chirality. Optical activity. Absolute configuration. Fischer Projection. Stereoisomerism.
TOPIC 4: ALKENES and ALKYNES
Alkenes: Structure and industrial importance. Electrophilic Aaddition to alkenes. Oxidation. Reduction. Diels-Alder's reaction. Polimerization.
Alkynes: structure. Acidity of alkynes. Reactivity of alkynes.
TOPIC 5: AROMATIC COMPOUNDS:
Structure of benzene and aromaticity. Electrophilic aromatic substitution. Aromatic compounds: industrial importance.
TOPIC 6: HALOALKANES
Classification and importance. Nucleophilic substitution: SN1 and SN2 . Elimination: E1 and E2 .Organometallic compounds.
TOPIC 7: ALCOHOLS AND AMINES
Alcohols: classification and importance. Acid-base properties. Nucleophilic substitution with alcohols. Reactions of Alcohols with acids. Oxidation. Ethers and epoxides.
Amines: Classification and importance. Acidity and basicity of amines. Alkylation of amines and Quaternary ammonium salts.
TOPIC 8 ALDEHYDES AND KETONES
Structure and properties. Additions to the carbonyl group. Hemiacetals, acetals, imines, enamines. Alpha reactivity: aldol condensation. Oxidation and reduction. Carbohydrates.
TOPIC 9: CARBOXILIC ACIDS AND DERIVATIVES
Addition-elimination reactions. Transformation of carboxilic acids to their derivatives and interconversion of carboxilic acid derivatives.
LABORATORY:
SESSION 1: separation techniques:
a) Liquid-liquid extraction.
b) Column chromatography.
SESSION 2: Fisher esterification: ethyl acetate preparation.
SESSION 3: Preparation of polymers.
COMPUTER SESSION: use of computer applications to represent organic molecules.
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
All the basic study material will be available in the virtual classroom, either physically or through the corresponding internet links.
In addition, for practical computer classes, students will be able to download to their personal computer equipment the ChemDraw and Chem3D programs, for which the USC has a Campus license.
COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
William Reusch, Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry (Creative Commons License)
Vollhardt, K.P.C.; Shore, N. " Organic Chemistry ", Ed W. H. Freeman, 2010.
Hart, H.; Hart, D. J.; Craine, L. E.; Hadad, C. M, "Organic Chemistry: A Short Course". Ed Houghton Mifflin Compay, 2007.
Basic competences:
- CB4 Ability to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to an specialized audience as well as to a non-specialized audience
Specific competences - Basic Module:
- FB.4.2 Ability to understand and apply the basic knowledge of organic Chemistry in Engineering.
General competences:
- CG.3 Knowledge in basic topics and technologies. This will allow the students to learn new methods and theories to adapt to new situations.
- CG.4 Ability to solve problems with initiative, to take decisions, creativity, critical reasoning. Ability to communicate and to transmit knowledge and skills related to industrial engineering.
- CG.10 Ability to work in a multilingual and multidisciplinary environment.
Transverse competences:
- CT.1 Ability of analysis and synthesis
- CT.3 Oral and written communication in mother languages and some foreigner
- CT.4 Skills using computer applications
- CT.6 Problem solving
- CT.8 Teamwork
- CT.13 Ability to apply the knowledge in practice
- CT.16 Sensibility towards environmental topics
The subject will have a virtual classroom using the Moodle platform in which the whole teaching material of the course, including the schedule and links to pages of interest, will be provided. The virtual classroom will be the primary communication channel with the students.
MS Teams will be used for synchronous virtual activities.
Teaching activities are distributed as follows:
• 28 hours for expository classes
• 9 interactive hours of seminar
• 12 hours of laboratory practices
• 3 hours of computer practices
• 2 hours of tutoring
Lecture teaching:
- Theoretical explanations will be alternated with the resolution of exercises to illustrate the explained concepts.
Interactive learning:
- The active participation of the students in answering question and solving problems will be taken into account.
- Tutorial classes. Besides clarifying doubts, complementary problems can be discussed.
- Laboratory classes: three laboratory practices of 4h. In each session 1-2 experiments will be done. A laboratory manual with the fundamentals and the experimental procedures for each experiment will be provided to the students. The attendance to the laboratory practices will be mandatory to pass the course.
- Computer practices: One session class using computer programs to represent organic molecules.
The face-to-face/virtual modality of the teaching activity will depend on the scenario:
• Scenario 1 (adapted normality): Theoretical, seminar, tutorial classes and laboratory classes will be face-to-face. Computer practice will be virtual.
• Scenario 2 (social distancing, with partial restrictions on physical presence): Theoretical, tutorial and computer classes will be virtual synchronous. Seminar and laboratory classes will be face-to-face. However, the distance measures imposed may mean that it is necessary to reduce the size of the practice groups and, therefore, the number of contact hours (up to a maximum of 50% of the practical hours of the subject) that must be complemented with non-contact activities.
• Scenario 3 (closure of the facilities, impossibility of face-to-face teaching): All teaching activities will be virtual asynchronous.
Competences:
- Lecture teaching: CB4, CG3, CT1, CT3, CT13, FB4.2
- Seminar classes: CB4, CG4, CG10, CT1, CT3, CT6, CT8, CT13, CT16
- Tutorial classes with small groups of students: CB4, CG4, CT8
- Laboratory classes: CG3, CT1, CT13, CT16, FB4.2
- Computer practices: CT4, CT13, FB4.2
- Virtual classroom: CG.10, CT.4,FB.4.2
- FINAL EXAM: with theoretical and practical questions during the period of examinations, at the end of the course. It will contribuite 70% to the overall grade. It is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 4 to pass the course.
- CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (25%): Execution of exercises in the seminars, active class participation and written controls to be done during class hours (during lectures, seminars or tutorial classes) that will consist in the resolution of several exercises related to the studied topics.
- LABORATORY AND COMPUTER CLASSES (5%). Attendance is mandatory to pass the subject.
The students who fail the subject in the first opportunity of the final exam, will have a second opportunity in July. All the marks obtained in the other components of the grading, continuous assessment and practical work, will be kept.
The evaluation controls will be face-to-face in scenario 1 (adapted normality), virtual synchronous in scenarios 2 (distance) and 3 (closure of facilities).
Final exams will be face-to-face in scenario 1, preferably face to face in scenario 2 and virtual synchronous in scenario 3.
FRAUDULENT ASSESSMENT OF EVALUATION TESTS
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the “Regulations for the assessment of the academic performance and the review of qualifications” will apply: "The fraudulent conduct of any exercise or test required in the assessment of a subject will involve the qualification of fail in the corresponding call, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be followed against the offending student."
TELEMATIC TESTS (oral identification and evaluation of students through Teams)
Every student wanting to participate in any synchronous telematic test must attend the following three requirements:
1. the student must join to the corresponding Teams' session opened for such said telematic test using an equipment with a working camera and operative microphone, and attend to any identification requirement of the teaching staff,
2. the student must maintain the connection to the Teams' session during the execution of the telematic test, and
3. the student must remain in the Teams session for half an hour after the end of the telematic test, a period in which the student can be orally evaluated of said telematic test
Competences:
- Exam: CB4, CG3, CG4,CT1, CT3, CT6, CT13, FB4.2
- Continuous assessmen: CB4, CG4, CG10, CT3, CT6, CT8 CT13, CT16
- Work in the laboratory and in the computer class: CG3, CT1, CT4, CT13, CT16, FB4.2
- Tutorships: CB4, CG4, CT8
Activity Work in class (hours) Personal work (hours)
Theoretical classes 28 37
Seminars 9 15
Computer practices 3 2
Laboratory Practices 12 8
Tutorships (groups) 2 3
Tutorships (individual) 2 2
Exam and revision 5 22
Total 61 89
It is important that the students had previously studied the following subjects: Química Fundamental, Fundamentos de Procesos Químicos and Química Inorgánica.
It is highly recommended the attendance to and the active participation in every class.
It is recommended the handle of molecular models
It is very important to keep up to date with the study of the subject and to work on the questions/exercises before they are addressed in class.
There will be one group in Spanish (Prof. Agustín Cobas Martínez) and another in English (Prof. Ricardo Alonso Alonso).
The students are required to know and follow the USC general safety guidelines in the laboratory classes. These guidelines are available on the USC website (http://www.usc.es/export9/sites/webinstitucional/gl/servizos/sprl/desca…).
The adaptation of the teaching methodology and assessment systems to the scenario 2 (distancing) and Scenario 3 (closure of facilities) will be done as follows:
Contingency plan.
• Scenario 2 (social distancing, with partial restrictions on physical presence): Theoretical, tutorial and computer classes will be virtual synchronous. Seminar and laboratory classes will be face-to-face. However, the imposed distance regulations may make it necessary to reduce the size of practice groups and, therefore, the number of contact hours (up to a maximum of 50% of the practical hours of the subject) that must be complemented with non-contact activities.
The evaluation controls will be virtual synchronous. The final exam will be preferably face to face.
• Scenario 3 (closure of the facilities, impossibility of face-to-face teaching): All teaching activities will be virtual asynchronous.
The evaluation controls and the final exam will be virtual synchronous.
Agustin Antonio Cobas Martinez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Organic Chemistry
- Area
- Organic Chemistry
- agustin.cobas [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Ricardo Alonso Alonso
- Department
- Organic Chemistry
- Area
- Organic Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814250
- r.alonso [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Eduardo Da Concepción Vicente
- Department
- Organic Chemistry
- Area
- Organic Chemistry
- eduardoda.concepcion [at] rai.usc.es
- Category
- Xunta Pre-doctoral Contract
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