Organic Chemistry

The teaching aims to provide the student with the knowledge necessary for understanding the structure of organic molecules and their most common reactions, through the description of the main classes of organic compounds, the study of their chemical and physical characteristics, their reactivity and methods of obtaining them with frequent connections between organic compounds and the world around us. The learning of the concepts and notions acquired, will be helped by synchronous classroom and self-assessment exercises on digital platforms. Explanatory videos will also be made available to facilitate learning of more complex mechanisms.

At the end of the course, the student will have acquired knowledge about the structure, chemical and physical properties of the main classes of organic compounds, will be able to critically analyse organic molecules on the basis of their structure, recognizing their acidity/basicity, nucleophilicity/electrophilicity, and stereochemistry, understand and predict the reactivity of organic molecules on the basis of the functional groups in the molecular structure. (Dublin Descriptor 1: Knowledge and Ability to Understand)
He/she will know how to apply the concepts of hybridization, covalent, polar, sigma and π bonding, isomerization and resonance to organic compounds; he/she will be able to recognize the functional groups present in the structures and assign IUPAC names. In addition, the student will gain knowledge of the mechanisms of chemical transformations and be able to predict the products of a reaction from analysis of the reactants, catalysts and reaction conditions used. This ability will be developed by conducting classroom exercises through discussion between students and the teacher. In addition, periodic verification of understanding of the skills acquired will be possible through the performance of exercises chosen by the teacher, available on an online platform. (Dublin Descriptor 2: Ability to apply knowledge and understanding).
The student will acquire the ability to propose simple synthetic strategies for the preparation of chemical compounds and to predict the physical characteristics and reactivity of organic molecules. (Dublin Descriptor 3: Critical and judgmental skills).
The student will be expected to acquire the ability to use vocabulary and terminology related to Organic Chemistry to transfer knowledge. (Dublin Descriptor 4: Ability to communicate what has been learned.)
By the end of the course, the student will have acquired the foundation for learning the preparatory topics for teachings of the subsequent years. (Dublin Descriptor 5: Ability to pursue independent study)