Otache M. Abel MCIU-CHM 102

General Organic Chemistry

COURSE CONTENT

1.    Historical survey of the development and importance of organic chemistry

2.    Electronic theory in organic chemistry

3.    Isolation and purification of organic compounds

4.    Determination of structures of organic compounds including qualitative and quantitative analysis in organic chemistry.

5.    Nomenclature and functional group classes of organic compounds

6.    The chemistry of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, ethers, amines, alkyl halides, nitriles, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives.

7.    Fullerenes as fourth allotrope of carbon, uses in nanotubules, nanostructures, nanochemistry.

8.    Introductory reaction mechanism and kinetics

9.    Stereochemistry

10. The chemistry of selected metals and non-metals

11. Comparative chemistry of group IA, IIA and IVA elements

12. Introduction to transition metal chemistry


Physical Chemistry I

Course Content

- Kinetic Theory of Gases 

- Thermodynamics 

- Chemical Kinetics 

- Electrochemistry

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Practical Chemistry I

General Chemistry I

COURSE CONTENT
LESSON 1: Physical constants and their units

LESSON 2: Atomic number, mass number and isotopes

LESSON 3: The mole concept and Avogadro constant

LESSON 4: Chemical formulae

LESSON 5: Modern electronic theory of atoms

LESSON 6: Electronic configuration

LESSON 7: Periodicity and periodic table

LESSON 8: Chemical bonding and intermolecular forces

LESSON 9: Chemical equations and stoichiometry

LESSON 10: Kinetic theory of matter

LESSON 11: Chemical kinetics

LESSON 12: Chemical equilibrium

LESSON 13: Thermodynamics

LESSON 14: Electrochemistry

LESSON 15: Radioactivity

Applied Spectroscopy

Principles and applications of UV, IR, NMR and Mass spectroscopy in the determination and elucidation of structures of organic compounds. Brief mention of hyphenated systems: GC-MS, LC-MS and LC-NMR and NMR in medicine.

CHEMISTRY PRACTICAL I

Extraction and Characterization of Fatty Acids in seed oil. Solution preparation (molar concentration, mass concentration and normality). Acid-base reaction and oxidation of reactions involving carbonyl compounds.