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 that, by definition, contain carbon. This course provides an introduction to organic chemistry and lays the foundations for the basic concepts needed by students pursuing scientific studies, particularly in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, and health studies.

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

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

• Know how to name a compound using IUPAC systematic nomenclature and know how to represent it.
• Knowing how to analyze the structure of a molecule: acquiring basic knowledge of stereochemistry.
• Apply the knowledge acquired to reactivity in organic chemistry:

- analyze electronic effects and predict their consequences on the properties and reactivity of a molecule.

- know how to write and understand the mechanisms of nucleophilic substitution, elimination, and electrophilic addition.

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

General Chemistry HAV105C or HAC101C

final exam, 2 sessions 

• The IUPAC nomenclature of the main classes of organic compounds
• Covalent bond and hybridization
• Representations of molecules (planar, Cram, Newman, and Fischer projections)
• Planar isomerism
• Stereoisomerism: 1) conformational, 2) configurational and its stereodescriptors
• Chirality
• Electronic effects (inductive, mesomeric) and their consequences on the stability and acid-base properties of molecules
  • Introduction to writing and describing a reaction scheme and mechanism
• Nucleophilic substitution, elimination, and electrophilic addition reactions
• The properties, synthesis, and reactivity of haloalkanes, alkenes, and alkynes

Hourly volumes:

CM: 18

TD: 21

TP:

Land:

Administrative contact(s):

License Secretariat

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, therefore I learn! Stéphane Perrio, Béatrice Roy, and Jean-Yves Winum, Dunod 2020.

Reference 3: Visual Memo on 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.