Search result: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017
Biology Bachelor | ||||||
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Biological Chemistry | ||||||
Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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529-0229-00L | Practical Course Organic Chemistry (for Students of Biology and Pharmaceutical Sciences) Latest online enrolment is 10 days before the beginning of the semester. Students who did not pass the first-year examinations need the lecturers' written permission to take this course. | O | 8 credits | 12P | C. Thilgen, Y. Yamakoshi | |
Abstract | Analytical part: basic operations for the separation of mixtures of organic compounds (recrystallization, distillation, extraction, chromatography) Synthetic part (main part): at least 8 synthetic steps (one- or two-step syntheses). | |||||
Objective | Learn the basic techniques for the preparation and purification of organic compounds. Learn to take accurate notes of the experiments. Deepen the understanding of reaction mechanisms. | |||||
Content | Analytical part: basic operations for the separation of mixtures of organic compounds (recrystallization, distillation, extraction, chromatography). Synthetic part (main part): at least 8 synthetic steps (one- or two-step syntheses). Introduction to database searches (Reaxys, SciFinder). | |||||
Lecture notes | Documentation will be handed out at the beginning of the course. | |||||
Literature | 1) P. Wörfel, M. Bitzer, U. Claus, H. Felber, M. Hübel, B. Vollenweider, Laborpraxis (Bd. 1: Einführung, allgemeine Methoden; Bd. 2: Messmethoden; Bd. 3: Trennungsmethoden; Bd. 4: Analytische Methoden), Birkhäuser Verlag. 2) J. Leonard, B. Lygo, G. Procter, Advanced Practical Organic Chemistry, Blackie Ltd., Glasgow, 1995. (Advanced level). | |||||
Prerequisites / Notice | The basic reactions of Organic Chemistry and their mechanisms should be known (cf. course 529-1012-00L Organic Chemistry II for Students of Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Health Sci. and Tech.). As a prerequisite, all participants need to pass the "Safety Test HCI Chemie_V2 English" (see Link). A printout of the certificate generated by the system needs to be presented to the teaching assistants prior to starting lab work. | |||||
529-1121-00L | Inorganic Chemistry (for Biology) | O | 3 credits | 2V + 1U | A. Mezzetti, A. Fedorov | |
Abstract | Orbitals and chemical bonding in main-group elements and transition metals. | |||||
Objective | Introduction to the orbital concept and to the binding theory in complexes of the transition metals. | |||||
Content | The origin of quantum theory. The hydrogen atom. Polyelectronic atoms and the periodic table. Orbitals and small molecules. Symmetry and group theory. Chemical bonding in transition metal complexes (Valence Bond Theory, Crystal Field Theory, Molecular Orbital Theory (sigma- and pi-bonding). pi-Accepting ligands. | |||||
Lecture notes | Can be bought at the HCI-shop. | |||||
Literature | - J. E. Huheey: Anorganische Chemie, Prinzipien von Struktur und Reaktivität, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 3. Auflage, 2003. |
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