Organic chemistry

Course contents

- Introduction to organic chemistry (exceptional position of carbon, hybridisation)
- Saturated hydrocarbons (alkanes)
- Fundamentals of IUPAC nomenclature
- Radical substitution
- Unsaturated hydrocarbons (alkenes, alkynes)
- Polymerisation
- Electrophilic addition
- Halocarbons
- Stereochemistry
- Nucleophilic substitution
- Cyclic hydrocarbons (aromatics)
- An overview of significant functional groups such as alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, carbonyl compounds, esters, fats, oils, surfactants, carbohydrates and their reactions

Department

Bachelor's program Biotechnology & Food Engineering