Course: Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry

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Course title Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Course code TUCH/TZOBC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vícha Robert, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Organic molecules in space. Constitution - configuration - conformation. Stereochemistry - stereogenic centre, chirality, optical activity. Nomenclature of stereoisomers (R/S, E/Z, cis/trans). 2) Ractive species in organic chemistry - radicals (formation, stability, mechanism of radical substitution on alkanes, radical additions on C=C bond); carbocations (rate of formation, stability ways of stabilization); carbanions. 3) Disulfide bridges; H-bonds; ion-ion, ion-dipole, dipole-dipole, pi-pi interactions; disperse forces; hydrophobic effect and role of these intermolecular interactions on structure stabilization of biopolymers. 4) Nucleophilic substitution on saturated C-atom - SN1, SN2, SNi, characterization of the mechanisms, related stereochemistry (inversion/retention of configuration, racemization). 5) Eliminations - Hofmann elimination (quaternary ammonium hydroxides); dehydration, dehydrogenations, dehydrohalogenations; syn and anti eliminations. 6) Aromaticity, non-aromaticity and antiaromaticity - structural and energetic aspects; heterocyclic aromatics (basicity of N-containing heterocycles - pyrrole vs pyridine); other non-benzoic aromatic molecules and ions (azulene, indole, cyclopropenylium, cycloheptatrienylium, cyclopentadienide); comparison of alkene and arene reactivity. 7) Electrophilic aromatic substitution - mechanism, regioselectivity driving effect of substituents, examples. 8) Electrophilic additions on unsaturated bonds (syn and anti mechanism). 9) Nucleophilic additions on C=O (addition of O-/N-/C-nucleophiles, aldolisation). 10) Nucleophilic substitution on unsaturated C-atom of aromatics (addition/elimination and elimination/addition mechanism) and carbonyl compounds (relationships between functional derivatives of carboxylic acids, Claisen and related reactions). 11) Acidity and basicity in organic chemistry (definition, strength and structural origin). 12) Redox reactions in organic chemistry - determination of oxidation state of atoms in organic compounds; chemical transformations: alkanes-alkenes-alkynes; alcohols-aldehydes-carboxylic acids; sulfides-sulfoxides-sulfones; benzene diols-benzoquinones; nitro-nitroso-hydroxylamine-diazo-hydrazines. 13) Amino acids (proteinogenic amino acids, other aminoacids, acidobasic properties, isoelectric point). 14) Proteins (peptide bond parameters, four levels of protein structure characterization). 15) Saccharides - structural types, stereochemistry (epimers, anomers, mutarotation); reduction and oxidation (C1 and C-omega oxidation); alkylation, substitution of OH groups (NH2); N- and O- glycosides. 16) Di-, oligo- and polysaccharides - reducing and non-reducing disaccharides; structure and properties of polysaccharides (amylose, amylopectin, glycogen, inulin, cellulose, chitin, chitosan, hyaluronic acid) 17) Catabolism of glucose (glycolysis and Krebs' cycle). 18) Biologically relevant esters (acylglycerols, phospholipides, nucleoside-phosphates, acetylcholin). 19) Purine and pyrimidine derivatives (basis of nucleic acids, nucleosides, nucleotide, structure and role of ATP and Ac-CoA). 20) Biologically relevant redox systems, structure and functions (glutathione, lipoic acid, FAD/FMN, NAD+, NADP+, ubiquinones, ascorbic acid).

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for examination - 50 hours per semester
teaching methods
Knowledge
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
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