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Course unit, curriculum year 2024–2025
KEM.340

Organic Chemistry 2, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
Active in period 2 (21.10.2024–31.12.2024)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
Course code
KEM.340
Language of instruction
English
Academic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Alexander Efimov
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Environmental Engineering and Chemistry Studies 100 %
Core content
  • Intermediate level organic chemistry course
  • Electrophilic addition reactions, stereochemistry, electron delocalization
  • Substitution and elimination reactions
  • Organometallic compounds
  • Chemistry of carboxylic acids and their derivatives
  • Chemistry of carbonyl compounds
  • Chemistry of aromatic compounds
  • Introduction to heterocyclic compounds
Advanced knowledge
  • Reaction mechanisms
  • Regioselectivity, stereoselectivity, stereospecificity of reactions
  • Acid and base catalysis
  • Reactivity: electronic effects, steric hindrance
Specialist knowledge
  • Interconversion of functional group
  • Multistep synthesis and retrosynthetic analysis
  • Catalysts
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Compulsory prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Completion of all options is required.

Participation in teaching

26.08.2024 16.10.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)

Exam

15.10.2024 15.10.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
28.11.2024 28.11.2024
Active in period 2 (21.10.2024–31.12.2024)
14.01.2025 14.01.2025
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)