27578 - Organic Synthesis Laboratory

Academic Year 2012/2013

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Chemistry and Materials Chemistry (cod. 8006)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to prepare simple organic molecules using modern synthetic techniques, to purify organic substances by chromatography and to determine their structure by NMR and IR spectra analysis. Students will be able to work together in teams.

Course contents

  • 1H and 13C NMR
  • Multistep syntheses
  • Protective groups
  • Flash-chromatography purifications
  • Anhydrous solvents and inert gas techniques

Readings/Bibliography

Lecture notes will be available for download. No supplementary textbook will be needed.
Interesting reference books are:
“Experimental Organic Chemistry”, Royston M. Roberts, John C. Gilbert, Stephen F. Martin; Brooks Cole

Teaching methods

Lectures with multimedia support. Laboratory projects.Slides will be available for download.

Assessment methods

Lab reports and oral examination.

Teaching tools

Multimedia supported lectures. Laboratory projects.

Office hours

See the website of Marco Lombardo