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Terminated in academic year 2015/2016

Selected Chapters in Organic Chemistry

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 617-0804/01
Abbreviation VKOCH
Course title Selected Chapters in Organic Chemistry
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Pánek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1.Molecular geometry. Constitution and configuration of molecules. Structural, conformational and configurational isomerism, optical activity, types of screenings, nomenclature, principles and stereodescriptors. Conformation - conformational analysis and balance.

2. Bonds in organic substances. Reactive particles in organic chemistry -
carbocations, radicals, carbanions, the stabilization by means of conjugation and hyperconjugation. Acidity and basicity.

3.Strukture and properties. Intermolecular interactions. Physical state and its changing. Solubility, solvent effects and their evaluation.

4. Methods of study of organic compounds. Separation techniques. Methods for structural studies. Infrared, UV / VIS, NMR and mass spectrometry.

5. New methods in organic synthesis. Sonochemistry, photochemical and electrochemical reactions, using microwave, synthons, phase transfer catalysis.

6. Photochemistry in organic synthesis. Theory of frontier orbitals, LUMO, HOMO, HO symmetry. Photochemical excitation and energy transfer.Reactions with the orbital symmetry control. Woodward - Hoffmann rules. Correlation diagrams.

7. Molecular modeling. Outline of the theory and use to solve selected problems in organic chemistry.

8. Biomolecules. Sacharides, amino acids, terpenes, steroids, alkaloids.

9. Biomacromolecules. Polysacharidues, proteins, nucleic acids. Proteo synthesis. Photosynthesis.

10. Enzyme reactions. Structure vers. biological effect. Biotechnology. Drugs. Toxins.

11.Technical polymers. Structure, properties, physical state and phase behavior. Synthesis of polymers. Technically the most important groups of polymers.

12. Chemistry of caustobioliths. Current view on the genesis and their composition. Crude oil, coal and natural gas. The importance for energy and chemical industries. Overview of petrochemistry.
Clean Coal Technology. Synthetic fuel from coal.

13. Pyrolysis of organic compounds. Pyrolysis of hydrocarbons, chemistry and utilization. The process of coal carbonization. Present status and future of coal tar chemistry.

14. Organic Chemistry and Society, its importance, resources, economic and environmental aspects of organic technologies.

Literature

[1] Carey F. A. Organic Chemistry. McGraw-Hill Companies, New York 1996.
[2] Ebewele R.O. Polymer Science and Technology. CRC Press 2000

Advised literature

[1] Ebewele R.O. Polymer Science and Technology. CRC Press 2000
[2]Wöhrle, Dieter; Tausch, Michael W.; Stohrer, Wolf-Dieter. Photochemie: Konzepte, Methoden, Experimente. Wiley, 1998. (e-book)
[3]Editor(s): John A. Sokolowski, Catherine M. Banks:Principles of Modeling and Simulation: A Multidisciplinary Approach. John Wiley 2009. (e-book)
[4] Speight, J.G.: Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum. CRC/Taylor&Francis 2007
[5] Berkowitz,N.: An introduction to coal technology. Academic Press 1994