N-Depth Chemistry
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course aims at providing the students with the fundamentals of organic and physical chemistry. In the organic chemistry part, the different classes of organic compounds (name, structure and essential reactivity) will be studied. Connections of organic compounds to environment and society will be highlighted, especially in the field of art and cultural heritage.
In the physical chemistry section, the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetic chemistry will be presented with applications to materials and systems of interest in the field of cultural heritage investigation and conservation.
In the physical chemistry section, the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetic chemistry will be presented with applications to materials and systems of interest in the field of cultural heritage investigation and conservation.
Expected learning outcomes
Understanding of the chemical properties and reactivity of aliphatic and aromatic organic compounds.
Knowledge of the basics and applications of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics.
Knowledge of the basics and applications of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Elements of organic chemistry, Lewis structures, hybrid orbitals. Overview of the most common functional groups. Acids and bases, pKa. Alkanes and cycloalkanes: structure, isomerism, and nomenclature. Conformational analysis of linear and cyclic alkanes. Stereochemistry: chirality and stereogenicity. Identification of constitutional isomers, enantiomers, and diastereomers. Configuration descriptors. Alkenes: structure and properties. Allylic systems and resonance. Introduction to dienes and terpenes. Carbocations and their stability. Alkynes: structure and properties. Aromatic compounds: structure and electronic properties. Heteroaromatic compounds. Alkyl halides and nucleophilic substitutions. Alcohols, thiols, ethers, and epoxides: structure and properties. Hydrogen bonding and acidity of alcohols. Acidity and properties of phenols and polyphenols. Amines: structure, properties, and basicity. Aromatic amines. Carbonyl compounds: structure and properties. Carboxylic acids and their derivatives: structure and properties. Reactivity of acids: conversion to acyl chlorides and anhydrides, Fischer esterification. Structure and properties of esters. Reactivity of esters: basic hydrolysis. Structure and properties of amides. Carbohydrates: structure and properties. Monosaccharides: acyclic and cyclic structures. Formation of polysaccharides and biological polymers. Amino acids: structure, properties, and classification based on the characteristics of side chains. Acidity of amino acids and isoelectric point. Peptide bond. Lipids: structure, classification, and general properties. Introduction to nucleic acids. Overview of the applications of organic chemistry in the field of cultural heritage.
Chemical thermodynamics. Energy balance: first principle. System stability: second principle. Phase equilibria. Chemical equilibria. Phase diagrams. Phase Transitions. Principles of calorimetry. Introduction to thermodynamics of interphases, colloids and suspensions
Kinetics. Reaction rate. Order of reaction. Dependence of reaction rate on temperature: Arrhenius and Eyring kinetic models Chemical kinetics and degradation phenomena of cultural heritage
Chemical thermodynamics. Energy balance: first principle. System stability: second principle. Phase equilibria. Chemical equilibria. Phase diagrams. Phase Transitions. Principles of calorimetry. Introduction to thermodynamics of interphases, colloids and suspensions
Kinetics. Reaction rate. Order of reaction. Dependence of reaction rate on temperature: Arrhenius and Eyring kinetic models Chemical kinetics and degradation phenomena of cultural heritage
Prerequisites for admission
Basic knowledge of mathematics, physics and general chemistry
Teaching methods
The course is organized through a series of lectures using both slides and the blackboard.
Teaching Resources
Slides supplied by the teacher; in addition, selected chapters (suggested by the teacher) of the following text books:
- "Peter Atkins: Elementi di Chimica Fisica. Traduzione italiana da parte di Zanichelli Editore spa, 2 edizione Italiana o successive
- Janice, Gorzynski, Smith, Fondamenti di Chimica Organica, IV edizione, McGraw Hill LLC
- "Peter Atkins: Elementi di Chimica Fisica. Traduzione italiana da parte di Zanichelli Editore spa, 2 edizione Italiana o successive
- Janice, Gorzynski, Smith, Fondamenti di Chimica Organica, IV edizione, McGraw Hill LLC
Assessment methods and Criteria
The examination is oral, in general 30-40 minutes long, and consists of open questions on topics discussed in classroom lectures. Discussions during the exam will help to figure out the student's skill level.
CHIM/02 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY - University credits: 3
CHIM/06 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - University credits: 3
CHIM/06 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 48 hours
Professors:
Dal Corso Alberto, Scavini Marco
Professor(s)
Reception:
from Monday to Thursday from 9.00 am to 05.00 pm, by appointment via email
videoconference or Chemistry Dept., wing C, ground floor, room R020