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Organic Pollutants

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Course Unit Code546-0301/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PER34doc. Mgr. Eva Pertile, Ph.D.
Summary
The course is designed so that the students first acquire knowledges to understand the laws of organic chemistry compounds, followed by a summary of groups of organic compounds. Systematic view of important organic contaminants with aspect on their presence in environment will also be discussed.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The primary objective of lectures is to create a complete picture of modern organic chemistry and necessary basics for other lectures (Biochemistry, Instrumental methods of analysis, Toxicology and contaminants in environment). Students will acquire basic knowledge to understand reactivity and reactions of organic compounds. IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds and basic stereochemistry will also be discussed as necessary conditions.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to organic chemistry. Binding properties of carbon. Fundamentals of 1. Introduction. Basic concepts and definitions: Organic pollutants: distribution, classification, sources, input, transport, transformation reactions (chemical and photochemical), biotic reactions, biologically mediated reactions (microbial degradation). Effects on living organisms, bioavailability, bioaccumulation; bioconcentration, bioaccumulation; bioconcentration and bioaccumulation factor (BKF, BAF), Trophic Transfer Coefficient (TTC).
2. Fate of organic pollutants in the environment. Reaction kinetics: excretion, BCF, bioaccumulation, biotransformation, biodegradation. Balance in environmental systems: meaning of KOW constant; air / water balance; volatilization from water into the atmosphere; distribution in the water-air system, Henry\'s law; the relation of the movement and absorption. Air-aerosol balances; air-soil, air-biota; octanol / air partition coefficient KOA; equilibrium water - solid phase.
3. Organic Chemistry System and Nomenclature (IUPAC). Classification of organic compounds. Characteristic groups. Relationship between structure and properties of substances. Mezimolecular interactions. Reaction of organic compounds. Types of biodegradation reactions: dealkylation, dealkoxylation, decarboxylation, dehalogenation, ether cleavage, hydrolysis, hydroxylation, methylation, ring cleavage, oxidation and reduction.
4. Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, resources, transport options to environmental compartments; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment. Unsaturated hydrocarbons: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, resources, transport options; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment.
5. Arenes (aromatic hydrocarbons): nomenclature, properties, reactivity, resources, transport possibilities to the components of the environment; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): their toxicological hazards, reactivity, sources, transport possibilities; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment. Nitric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitroPAHs): their toxicological hazards, reactivity, resources, transport possibilities to the components of the environment; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment.
6. Hydrocarbon derivatives: Halogen derivatives. Hydroxy derivatives. Ethers. Sulfur compounds: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, resources, transport options to environmental compartments; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment.
7. Nitrogen derivatives: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, resources, transport possibilities to the components of the environment; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment. Heterocyclic compounds. Five- and six-membered heterocycles: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, resources, transport options to environmental compartments; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment.
8. Carbonyl compounds: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, sources, transport options to environmental compartments; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment.
9. Organometallic compounds: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, resources, transport possibilities to the components of the environment; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment.
10. Carboxylic acids: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, resources, transport options to environmental compartments; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment.
11. Substituted acid derivatives: Halogenated acids. Hydroxyacids. nomenclature, properties, reactivity, resources, transport possibilities to the components of the environment; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment. Functional acid derivatives: Acyl halides. Anhydrides. Esters. Amides. Nitriles. nomenclature, properties, reactivity, resources, transport possibilities to the components of the environment; their fate in the environment, the main ways of reducing their emissions in the environment.
12. Technically important organic substances I: Polymers: nomenclature, properties and structure of macromolecular substances. The most important groups of technical polymers, resources, transport possibilities to the components of the environment; their fate in the environment, environmental aspects of polymers in the environment, the main ways of reducing their quantity in the environment.
13. Technically important organic substances II: Pesticides, surfactants, organic dyes, pharmaceuticals. Characteristics, sources, occurrence, reaction, transport possibilities to the components of the environment; their fate in the environment, the effects on the environment.
14. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): classification and classification, general properties of group representatives (PCBs, OCPs, PAHs, PCDDs / Fs, PCNs, PBDEs, PFCs, SCCPs), toxic effects, global importance of POPs in the environment, in the environment. International Conventions. POPs Inventory.

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BEREKUTE A. K. Handbook of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. 2017, 248. ISBN 978-3330035256.
McMURRY, J. Organic chemistry. 8e. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, c2012. ISBN 0840054440. Available from: http://m5zn.com/newuploads/2015/04/21/pdf/994f226e20e27cf.pdf.
WILLIAM H. B. and T. POON. Introduction to organic chemistry. Fifth edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2014. ISBN 9781118152188.
MÖLLER D.: Chemistry for Environmental Scientists. De Gruyter, 2015, 380 pp. ISBN 978-3-11-041001-3.
JULINOVÁ M. Výskyt a vlastnosti polutantů. Poznámky k vybraným kapitolám. UTB Zlín. 2016. 1-114. ISBN 978-80-7454-584-9.
LOUČKA T. Chemie životního prostředí. UJEP, 2014, 1-163. ISBN: 978-80-7414-840-8. Dostupné z: http://envimod.fzp.ujep.cz/sites/default/files/skripta/20e_final_tisk.pdf.
PERTILE, E.: Základy organické chemie pro environmentální obory. Multimediální učební text, FRVŠ/VŠB TUO, CD. 239 s. 2005, aktualizace 2011.
McMURRY, J. Organic chemistry. 8e. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, c2012. ISBN 0840054440. Dostupné z: http://m5zn.com/newuploads/2015/04/21/pdf/994f226e20e27cf.pdf.
Recommended Reading:
ZENG Eddy Y. (Edit.). Microplastic Pollutants. Elsevier 2018, ISBN 9780128137475.
SOLOMONS, T. W. G., C. B. FRYHLE and S. A. SNYDER. Organic chemistry. 12e. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2016. ISBN 978-1-118-87576-6. Available from: https://archive.org/details/SolomonOrganicChem.
OUELLETTE, R. J. a N. J. RAWN. Organic chemistry. Boston: Elsevier, 2014. ISBN 9780128007808.
ISAAC-GARCÍA, J., J. A. DOBADO JIMÉNEZ, F. G. CALVO-FLORES and H. MARTÍNEZ-GARCÍA. Experimental organic chemistry: laboratory manual. Amsterdam: Academic Press, 2016. ISBN 9780128038932.
McMURRY, J. Organická chemie. Přeložil J. BUDKA, přeložil R. CIBULKA, přeložil D. DVOŘÁK, přeložil J. KVÍČALA, přeložil P. LHOTÁK, přeložil J. SVOBODA. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, nakladatelství VUTIUM, 2015. Překlady vysokoškolských učebnic. ISBN 978-80-214-4769-1. Dostupné z: https://vydavatelstvi.vscht.cz/katalog/publikace?isid=978-80-7080-930-3.
HANUSEK, J.: Organická chemie. Vlastnosti a reaktivita organických sloučenin (Bakalářský studijní program, 2. sešit). Univerzita Pardubice, 2005.
SVOBODA, J. Organická chemie I. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, 2005. ISBN 9788070805619. Dostupné z: http://147.33.74.135/knihy/uid_isbn-80-7080-561-7/pages-img/001.html.
MACHÁČEK, V., J. PANCHARTEK, M., VEČEŘA. Organická chemie, 1.část., vydání 4. Univerzita Pardubice 2004.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Experimental work in labs, Other activities
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 (33)19
                Vstupní testLaboratory work3 2
                ProtokolyLaboratory work8 5
                AktivitaLaboratory work2 0
                Písemka Written test5 3
                Chemická nomenklaturaWritten test5 3
                Závěrečný zápočtový testWritten test10 6
        ExaminationExamination67 32