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ECTS Course Overview



Organic Pollutants

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Course Unit Code546-0301/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated8 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter, Summer 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 stereochemistry. Structure of organic compounds.
2. System and nomenclature of organic chemistry (IUPAC). Clasification of organic compounds. Relationship between structure and properties of substances. Intermolecular interactions. Reactions of organic compounds.
3. Organic pollutants: classification, VOCs, sources, transport, distribution in the environment, effects on living organisms.
4. Alifatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, occurrence and uses. Unsaturated hydrocarbons: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, occurrence and uses.
5. Arenes (aromatic hydrocarbons): nomenclature, properties, reactivity, occurrence and use. Polycyclic aromatics (PAHs) and their toxicological risks, reactivity, properties, occurrence.
6. Hydrocarbon derivates: halogenderivates, hydroxyderivates, ethers, sulfur
compounds. Nomenclature, properties, reactivity, occurrence and uses.
7. Nitroderivates: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, occurrence and uses. Heterocyclic compounds. Five-and six-member heterocycles: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, occurrence and uses.
8. Carbonyl compounds: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, occurrence and uses.
9. Organometallic compound: nomenclature, reactivity, toxicology, applications.
10. Carboxyl acids: nomenclature, properties, reactivity, use.
11. Substitution derivates of acids: halogen acids, hydroxy acids, reactivity, properties, use. Functional derivatives of acids: acyl halide, anhydrides, esters, amides, nitriles, reactivity, properties, toxicology, use. Derivatives of carbonic acid (phosgene, urea and sulfur analogues).
12. Technically important organic substances I. Polymers. Properties and structure of
macromolecular substances. The most important groups of technical polymers.
13. Technically important organic substances II. Pesticides, surfactants, organic
dyes. Properties, reactivity, use.
14. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs). General properties, toxic effects, the global significance of POPs in the environment, distribution and classification, fate and transport 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
Tasks are not Defined