14119 - Organic Chemistry Modulübersicht

Module Number: 14119
Module Title:Organic Chemistry
  Organische Chemie
Department: Faculty 2 - Environment and Natural Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Kaiser, Alexander
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every summer semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:After participating in the module, students are able to:
  • Identify classes of substances based on their functional groups,
  • Recognize and formulate functional groups,
  • Describe an organic compound in terms of constitutive, configurational and conformational aspects,
  • Classify reaction types and mechanisms of organic chemical reactions in a classification scheme,
  • Formulate reaction equations and mechanisms of organic chemical reactions,
  • Assign physical and chemical properties and reaction options to a class of substances,
  • Discuss different mechanisms for a given reaction and assign a specific mechanism to it,
  • Identify and discuss steric and electronic factors influencing reactivity and, based on this, make a reactivity assessment,
  • Formulate statements about the biochemical significance of a functional group and its reactions.
  • The students have acquired personal skills related to the course through communicative discussion in exercises and seminars.
Contents:Terms and definitions, history of organic chemistry, the special position of carbon among the elements, hydrocarbons: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and aromatic hydrocarbons, bonding relationships of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen atoms, principles of reaction mechanisms, classification of organic chemical reactions, polar substituent effects, additions to CC multiple bonds, halogenated hydrocarbons, alcohols, thiols, phenols, eliminations, nucleophilic substitution on the saturated C atom, ethers, thioethers, amines, aldehydes and ketones, nucleophilic additions to the carbonyl group and their subsequent reactions, carboxylic acids and functional carboxylic acid derivatives, nucleophilic substitution on the acyl carbon, oxidation and reduction reactions of organic compounds, stereochemistry, chemistry of carbohydrates, aminocarboxylic acids, electrophilic substitution on aromatics, radical substitution
Recommended Prerequisites:none
Mandatory Prerequisites:none
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 120 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  • Organic Chemistry at a Glance, Harwood, Laurence M. / McKendrick, John E. / Whitehead, Roger, ISBN: 978-0-86542-782-2, John Wiley & Sons
Module Examination:Final Module Examination (MAP)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:written exam 120 min
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • Bachelor (research-oriented) / Life Science and International Health / PO 2025
Remarks:Start of the study programme from the winter semester 2025/26!
Module Components:
  • Lecture / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment