Organic Chemistry

Organic chemistry is a branch of chemistry that deals with the study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of natural or synthetic organic compounds, which, by definition, contain carbon. This course unit serves as an introduction to organic chemistry and lays the foundation for the basic concepts needed by students pursuing studies in the sciences, particularly in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, and health sciences.

The objective of this course unit is to provide basic knowledge to all students pursuing studies in chemistry, as well as to those in fields other than chemistry, such as biology and biochemistry.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Be able to name a compound using IUPAC systematic nomenclature and be able to represent it.
• Be able to analyze the structure of a molecule: acquire a basic understanding of stereochemistry.
• Apply the knowledge gained to reactivity in organic chemistry:

- analyze electronic effects and predict their impact on a molecule's properties and reactivity.

- Be able to describe and understand the mechanisms of nucleophilic substitution, elimination, and electrophilic addition.

- Understand and describe the synthesis and reactivity of haloalkanes, alkenes, and alkynes.

General Chemistry HAV105C or HAC101C

Final exam, 2 sessions 

• The IUPAC nomenclature of the main classes of organic compounds
• Covalent Bonding and Hybridization
• Molecular representations (planar, Cram, Newman, and Fischer projections)
• Planar isomerism
• Stereoisomerism: 1) conformational, 2) configurational, and its stereodescriptors
• Chirality
• Electronic effects (inductive, mesomeric) and their impact on the stability and acid-base properties of molecules
  • Introduction to Writing and Describing a Schematic Diagram and a Reaction Mechanism
• Nucleophilic Substitution, Elimination, and Electrophilic Addition Reactions
• The Properties, Synthesis, and Reactivity of Halogenated Alkanes, Alkenes, and Alkynes

Hourly volumes*:

CM: 18

TD: 21

Practical Work:

Lot:

Administrative contact(s):

Bachelor's Degree Office

fds-licence-chimie@umontpellier.fr

Recommended reading:

Reference 1: Chemistry. Stéphane Perrio, Béatrice Roy, and Jean-Yves Winum, Dunod 2017. 

Reference 2: Chemistry L1 - I Make Mistakes, So I Learn! Stéphane Perrio, Béatrice Roy, and Jean-Yves Winum, Dunod 2020.

Reference 3: Visual Guide to Organic Chemistry—^2nd Edition, Jacques Maddaluno, Véronique Bellosta, Isabelle Chataigner, François Couty, Anne Harrison-Marchand et al., Dunod 2018.

Reference 4: *Organic Chemistry Course*—^3rd edition, Jacques Maddaluno, Véronique Bellosta, Isabelle Chataigner, François Couty, Anne Harrison-Marchand et al., Dunod 2020.