Course code:
203S2		 Course name:
Advanced Organic Chemistry

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

201A2 + 202A2

ECTS:

4

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Environmental Chemistry: 3. year, winter semester, compulsory course

Teacher:

Bojan Z. Vuloviæ, Ph.D.
assistant professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistants:

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Hours of instruction:

Weekly: three hours of lectures (3+0+0)

Goals:

The goal of this course is to help students acquire theoretical knowledge of the structure and reactivity of organosulfur and organophosphorus compounds and heterocyclic organic compounds.

Outcome:

Upon successfully completing this course the student will be able to:

  • understand the basic principles of binding of sulfur, phosphorus and nitrogen atoms in organic molecules;
  • understand physical and structural properties of sulfur and phosphorus compounds and heterocyclic organic compounds;
  • understand the nomenclature of organosulfur and organophosphorus compounds;
  • understand the nomenclature of heterocyclic organic compounds;
  • understand the typical functional group transformations, their scope and limitations.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, progress tests.

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  • Lecture material available at the portal of the Faculty of Chemistry
  • Veselin Maslak: Hemija organosumpornih jedinjenja, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Hemijski fakultet, Beograd, 2016.
  • Igor Opsenica: Hemija heterocikličnih jedinjenja I, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Hemijski fakultet, Beograd, 2016.

Supplementary coursebooks:

  • Richard J. Cremlyn: An Introduction to Organosulfur Chemistry
  • L. D. Quin: A Guide to Organophosphorus Chemistry
  • Vladimir Savić: Hemija heterocikličnih jedinjenja, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Farmaceutski fakultet, Beograd, 2011.
  • J. A. Joule and G. F. Smith: Heterocyclic Chemistry
  • Thomas L. Gilchrist: Heterocyclic Chemistry

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

0 points (3 hours a week)

Syllabus:

1. Organosulfur chemistry

  • Nomenclature, physical properties and synthesis of thiols and thioethers
  • Nomenclature, physical properties and synthesis of sulfoxides, sulfones, thioesters...

2. Organophosphorus chemistry

  • Nomenclature, physical properties and synthesis of alkyl and aryl phosphines, phosphorus ylides...

3. Heterocyclic compounds

  • Nomenclature, physical properties and synthesis of five- and six-membered heterocycles with one heteroatom (pyrrole, furan, thiophene, pyridine, pyran)
  • Nomenclature, physical properties and synthesis of five- and six-membered heterocycles with two heteroatoms (imidazole, oxazole, thiazole, pyrazole, pyrimidine, pyrazine...)

Colloquia:

30 points

Oral exam:

70 points