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Organic Chemistry

Here you find information about

lecture practical course excercises
entry requirements modalities of examination recommended literature

of the module Organic Chemistry (course BSc Biology).
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Contact

Prof. Dr. Margit Schulze

(head of laboratory)

 phone: 02241/865 566
fax: 02241/865 8566
email:

Dr. Kai Jakoby

(lecture, exercises)

 phone: 02241/865 581
fax: 02241/865 8581
email:

Dipl. Ing. (FH) Daniel Fine

(practical course)

 phone: 02241/865 511
fax: 02241/865 8511
email:

Lecture/exercises

Content (key words):

Purpose, scope and principles of organic chemistry; introduction into different classes of organic compounds including their physical and chemical properties; basics of stereochemistry; preparative synthesis; purification and characterization of organic compounds; spectroscopic methods to analyse organic compounds.

Downloads:

Practical course

The practical course of organic chemistry I for students of BSc Biology takes place in the summer semester. Here you can find all information about the experiments, group arrangements and downloads.

  • group arrangement:
    groups A, B, C, D
    groups E, F, G
  • course plan oc
  • practical course script (content of script: see below)

SS 2009:
Head of practical course groups A, B, E and F: Dr. Klaus Lehmann
Head of practical course groups C, D, and G: Dr. Kai Jakoby

Introduction + safety instructions:

Introduction: 2nd of April, 11:45 a.m. in Hörsaal 2
Safety instructions:
groups E - G: 2nd of April 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the lab A 139
groups A - D: 20th of May 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the lab A 139


content of script:

  • experiment instructions:
    - Recrystallisation and Destillation (preliminary experiments)
    - Aldol reaction (preparation of dibenzalacetone)
    - Nitration (preparation of  4-bromonitrobenzene)
    - Condensation (preparation of dimethylfurazane)
    - Resolution of racemates (separation of 2-phenylbutyric acid)
  • guide lines for the practical course of Organic Chemistry
  • cover sheet
  • example report
  • safety instructions

Short instruction to apparatusses in the OC lab (only in german available):

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements for the participation in lectures or exercises. The successful attendance to the module general chemistry is recommended. For the participation in the practical course the successful attendance to the general safety instructions (part of the introduction weeks) and the specific lab safety instructions for organic chemistry is required.

Modalities of examination

Organic Chemistry is a main module in the course BSc Biology.

Assessment will be a written examination at the end of the course. Active participation during exercises and practical courses is reviewed in form of problem exercises and written laboratory reports. Active participation is a prerequesite for admission to the written examination (laboratory reports : written examination = 20:80).

For the whole module 7 ECTS are allocated.

Recommended literature

1. K. P. C. Vollhardt, N. E. Schore, Lehrbuch der Organischen Chemie, 3. Auflage, VCH Weinheim 2000.

2. R. T. Morrison, R. N. Boyd, Organic Chemistry, Prentice-Hall, and Inc. and corresponding "Study Guide".

3. T. W. G. Solomons, Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

4. P. Y. Bruice, Organic Chemistry, Prentice Hall, New York.