Laboratory exercises in organic chemistry 1

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Course objectives

Acquisition of basic knowledge of practical work in organic-chemical laboratory in line with modern trends in organic chemistry.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the course Organic chemistry I

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After passing the course, students will be able to:
- describe basic laboratory procedures in organic-chemistry laboratory
- demonstrate fundamental processes in organic-chemical laboratory, the simple methods of synthesis of organic compounds and determination the functional groups
- determine the structure of simple organic compounds using spectroscopic methods
- propose basic laboratory procedures in accordance with set-up objectives (synthesis or isolation)

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

Preparing for laboratory work, conducting laboratory diary and account of reaction yields. Isolation and purification of organic compounds. Recrystallization. Sublimation. Extraction. Distillation. Chromatography. (5 hours) Qualitative element analysis of organic compounds. The solubility of organic compounds. Detection of functional groups of organic compounds. Spectroscopic methods of organic analysis. (10 hours) Organic reactions and preparation of compounds. Oxido-reduction reactions. Nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions at saturated carbon Electrophilic aromatic substitution. (15 hours)

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