Structural and Physical Organic Chemistry

Student has a fundamental knowledge e about organic chemistry and physical chemistry. Student knows topics, definitions and is fluent in their usage.

Contact hours with teacher:

Participation in lectures – 30 hrs

Consultation with an academic teacher – 5 hrs

Student self-study hours:

Self-learning with literature and preparation for examination – 40 hrs

Total student workload:

75 h (25h/ECTS) = 3 ECTS

W1: Student has extended knowlendge about physical organic chemistry.

W2: Student is aware of relationships between the structure of organic molecules and their properties.

W3: Student is aware of the processes and reactions that take part between organic molecules and what kind of products are present at the end of the process.

W4: Student knows methods for modification of the structure of organic molecules and what to expect from the properties of modified compounds.

U1: Student is able to use extended knowledge about several sub-fields of chemistry and use the knowledge in a creative way.

U2: Student is able to search for specific information in Polish and English databases.

U3: Student is able to solve problems that can be met in research work.

U4: Student is able to measure, using specialised instruments, properties of compounds with the emphasis on the structure of molecules.

K1: Student is able to formulate and express in correct way a number of problems met in the research work.

K2: Student knows the limitations of methods used in one's research.

K3: Student is able to prioritise the procedures solving problems in research work.

Conventional lecture

- informative (conventional) lecture

The aim of the subject of to make students familiar with advanced approaches and methods joined with the structural organic chemistry and instrumental methods that are usually used in the study of the structure of organic molecules. The following topics will be discussed during the lecture: a) modification of the structure of organic molecules and their effect on properties, b) intermolecular interactions and use of those forces in rational way to obtain desirable properties, c) the proton-transfer reactions in organic compounds, d) the effect of the substituent on the properties of organic compounds, e) the possibility of supplementary work form the calculation-based protocols, f) the work with scientific literature joined with the studying of the structure of organic molecules.

Lecture:

1. The geometric properties of organic molecules and consequences on existence of conformational equilibrium, with description of rotamerism, tautomerism, isomerism in the light of the reactivity, intermolecular interactions of photophysical properties. The stabilisation of organic compounds with the use of intermolecular interactions.

2. Modification of the structure of organic molecules in the light of instrumental methods.

3. The description of types of intermolecular interactions. Stabilisation of complexes of organic molecules by multiple hydrogen bonding.

4. The proton-transfer reactions in the ground and excited states. Instrumental methods of the proton-transfer reaction in the ground state.

5. The variability of the substituent as a tool to induce a change in properties of organic compounds. The electronic and steric effects as methods to tune and study the molecules' properties.

6. Calculations-based support of the experimental measurements.

7. The work with scientific literature.

1. „March’s Advanced organic chemistry” Michale B. Smith, Jerry March

2. „Metody spektroskopowe i ich zastosowanie do identyfikacji związków organicznych" red. Wojciech Zieliński

Exam in writing.

Criteria:

insufficient 2 - (<50%)

sufficient 3 - (>50%)

sufficient plus 3+ - (>60%)

goog 4 - (>65%)

good plus 4+ - (>75%)

very good 5 - (>80%)

No practical exercises