Organic Chemistry
Química Orgânica
Course code:68102
Maria Gabriela Machado de Almeida
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
- Use the rules of IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds for naming and writing structural formulas.
- To know the most relevant organic reactions for biological systems and to preview reaction products.
- To describe the main reaction mechanisms.
- To understand the basic of protein’s structure and to relate their structural properties with biological functions.
- To recognize the basic structures of biological macromolecules and to identify their functional groups; Understand their role in cellular structure and function.
- To be independent in lab settings.
- Search the fundamental relationships resulting from a theoretical perspective and apply it to resolution of practical problems.
Syllabus:
- Carbon-based compounds.
- Functional groups.
- Nomenclature.
- Isomers.
- Nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions.
- Additions to carbon–carbon double and triple bonds.
- Carbonyl group reactions: additions and substitutions.
- Acid-base reactions.
- Carbohydrates.
- Lipids.
- Amino acids, peptides, and proteins.
- Nucleotides and nucleic acids.
Suggested Bibliography:
- Fox MA & Whitesell JK (2004) Organic Chemistry, 3rd ed., Jones & Bartlett, San Diego
- Morrison R & Boyd R (1997) Química Orgânica, 13rd ed., Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa
- Solomons T et al (2013) Organic Chemistry, 11th ed., Wiley & Sons, New York
- Campos L & Mourato M (2002) Nomenclatura dos Compostos Orgânicos, Escolar Ed., Lisboa