Current active course description (last updated 2019/20)
Organic Chemistry
FAR1006
Current active course description (last updated 2019/20)
Organic Chemistry
FAR1006
The course provides an introduction to basic organic chemistry and pharmaceutical organic chemistry, emphasizing knowledge about functional groups and the relation between structure and reactivity, resonance, isomerism and stereochemistry, main types of reactions and reaction mechanisms , interpretation of NMR-spectroscopic data and chemical synthesis of simple active substances in the laboratory.
No prerequisite knowledge is required apart from the course¿s admission requirements.
After completing the course, the student is able to:
Knowledge:
- account for important functional groups in organic chemistry and in pharmaceutical active substances
- account for the connection between organic molecule structure and chemical reactivity
- account for isomeric and stereochemical states
- account for the main types of reactions and reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry
Skills:
- present basic laboratory techniques and follow safety rules in the laboratory
- perform the chemical synthesis of selected pharmaceutical active substances with assisted guidance
- identify selected organic compounds from their NMR-spectroscopic data
General competence:
- apply acquired knowledge to make assessments about reactivity and types of reactions in organic molecules and act reflectively regarding practical laboratory work.
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Compulsory course
Lectures, exercises, self- study and laboratory course.
There is compulsory participation in this course. Reason for compulsory participation: Participation provides skills and general competence that cannot be acquired alone.
Course evaluations are conducted in all courses, and the students are invited to take an active role in these evaluations. Course evaluations may include mid-term evaluations and/or final evaluations of the courses. The head of the course decides how such evaluations are performed.
There is no professional practice in this course
Assessment and grading using the letters A - F.
Approved calculator and approved formulary. Molecular building kits are handed out.
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