Course Overview

This course is a first experimental approach of the various domains of
organic, inorganic chemistry and physical chemistry. It is  divided
into 4 practical sessions of organic chemistry and 2 practical
sessions of inorganic chemistry and 6 practical sessions of physical
chemistry.

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

High-school diploma.

Grading Philosophy

- Continuous assessment: 100 % weight of overall mark.
- Incase of failure, the continuous exam mark will be reported (60 %
weight of overall mark) and a second session will be organized (40%
weight of overall mark), either as a written final exam or an oral
session depending on the number of failed students.

- This 2nd session will take place at the end of June.

Course schedule

> ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

- Nucleophilic Substitution: Synthesis of Tertiary Amyl Chloride
- Reaction of Biginelli organocatalyzed under microwaveactivation
- Reaction of esterification
- Reduction of a ketone: reduction of ethyl acetoacetate with sodium
borohydride

> INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

- Polymers: Identification of a polymer;  Synthesis of Polyamide 11
(or Nylon 11) by molten phasen polycondensation; study of acrylic
cements for joint protheses
- Synthesis and structural characterization of Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3

> PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

- Evolution of the chemical equilibrium with temperature
- Ideal Gas
- Evaporation of liquid Nitrogen with a solid object
- Thermal Capacity and evaporation of different liquids
- Thermal characteristics of a heating pad
- Chemical Kinetics

Course type

Practical sessions: 12 x 4 hours.

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

All practical session will be taught in English.Duration: 12 weeks

Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: Face-to-face teaching

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