Università Roma Tre

Module II: Organic compounds. Composition, structure and spatial representation.
Isomerism and stereoisomeries. Resonance and electronic effects.
The functional groups: structure, nomenclature and chemical-physical properties of alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, arenes, halides, alcohols, amines, imines, phenols, aldehydes and ketones, acids, esters, amides, imides and nitriles.
Electrophilic addition to alkenes, and alkynes. Electrophilic aromatic substitution of benzene, homo- and hetero-aromatic compounds.
Nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl and nucleophilic acyl substitution. Enolated and their condensations.
Bi-and polyfunctional molecules: dicarboxylic acids, hydroxy acids, enonic systems, triglycerides, carbohydrates and amino acids.
Sugars and aminoacids: structure and properties.
Sp3 carbon substitution and elimination. Redox reaction on organic compounds. Radical reaction of hydrocarbons (combustion, radica oxidation) through model reaction (alogenation).

F.A. Bettelheim, W.H. Brown, M.K. Campbell, S.O. Farrel, O.J. Torres Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry.
Slides of the pwp presentation of each lecture.