Module LS1600-MLS

Organic Chemistry (OC)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

10

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor MLS 2009, compulsory, life sciences

Classes and lectures:

  • Organic Chemistry for MLS (practical course, 4 SWS)
  • Organic Chemistry for MLS (exercise, 1 SWS)
  • Organic Chemistry for MLS (lecture, 3 SWS)

Workload:

  • 180 hours private studies
  • 120 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

  • Lectures:
  • Introduction
  • Alkanes, Cycloalkanes
  • Alkene and Alkynes
  • Aromatic Compounds
  • Stereoisomery
  • Substitution and elimination reactions
  • Alcohols, Phenols and Thiols
  • Ether and Epoxides
  • Aldehydes and ketones
  • Carboxylic acids and derivates
  • Amines and derivates
  • NMR-Spectroscopy and structure analysis
  • Heterocycles
  • Lipids
  • Carbohydrates
  • Amino Acids and Peptides
  • Nucleotides and nucleic acids
  • Exercises:
  • Exercises converning topics from the lectures and the practical course
  • Practical course:
  • 3 D-structure of organic compounds; Mechanismen in chemical reactions
  • Synthesis and analysis
  • Reaction of biological relevant molecules I
  • Reaction of biological relevant molecules II
  • Quantitative analytical destinations of proteins with spectroscopical methods

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Understanding the basics and the principles of organic chemistry
  • Advanced training of laboratory techniques and safty (GHS). First steps into spectroscopy techniques (NMR, UV/VIS)
  • Handling complex problems: synthesis, purification and analysis of compounds
  • Acquiring tools for professional documentation and presentation of experimental data (lab journal, protocols, oral presentation with qualified feedback, colloquium)

Grading through:

  • written exam

Responsible for this module:

  • PD Dr. phil. nat. Thomas Weimar

Teacher:

Literature:

  • Buice, P.Y. : Organische Chemie Pearson Studium
  • Hart, H., L.E. Craine, D.J. Hart : Organische Chemie Wiley-VCH
  • Buddrus, J. : Organische Chemie De Gruyter Verlag

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

Prerequisite for examination is the successful participation in the practical course with certified protocols, presentation and colloquiums is requirment for written examination

Last Updated:

17.07.2019