Organic chemistry

Plan of the lecture:

1. Introduction: Atom and Molecule Structure, Periodic Table of the Elements, Chemical Bonds, Orbitals.
2. Classes of organic compounds (structures, nomenclature, basic physical and chemical properties including mechanisms of chemical reactions): Alkanes, Cyclic Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Halogen Compounds, Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, Nitro Compounds, Amines, Aldehydes, Ketones, Carboxylic Acids, Esters, Acid Halides, Acid Anhydrides, Amides, Nitriles.
3. Survey of selected additional classes of organic compounds: Phosphorus Compounds, Sulfur Compounds, Heterocyclic Compounds, Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Nucleosides, Steroids, Carotenoids, Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids.
4. Special selected topics: Isomerism, Tautomerism, Mesomerism (Resonance Stabilization), Optical Isomerism, Configuration and Conformation, Inductive Effects, Steric Effects, Oxidation Numbers in Organic Compounds.
5. Isolation and purification of organic compounds: Crystallization, Sublimation, Distillation, Extraction, Chromatography, Dialyses, Filtration, Centrifugation.
6. Survey of spectroscopic analysis of organic compounds: IR, UV-Vis, NMR.

Materials:

1. Outline of organic chemistry (lecture for biophysicists).
2. Periodic table of the chemical elements.
3. NNN2006

Bibliography:

1. Przemysław Mastalerz: "Chemia organiczna", PWN, Warszawa 1986.
2. Przemysław Mastalerz: "Podręcznik chemii organicznej", Wydawnictwo Chemiczne, Wrocław 1998.
3. Robert T. Morrison, Robert N. Boyd: "Chemia organiczna", PWN, Warszawa 1985.
4. G. Patrick (z serii "Krótkie wykłady"): "Chemia organiczna", PWN, Warszawa 2002.
5. John McMurry: "Chemia organiczna", PWN, Warszawa 2000.
6. Ewa Białecka-Florjańczyk, Joanna Włostowska: "Chemia organiczna", WNT, Warszawa 2005.