COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD ELECTIVE VI (ORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 3316 FIELD ELECTIVE VI (ORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLTEN ŞENDUR

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

To teach the Basic Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry Reactions and to gain mechanistic reasoning skills for the Reactions to take Place

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to classify different organic reactions according to their mechanisms and products.
2   Comparing the factors affecting nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions
3   Being able to write the mechanisms of SN1, SN2 E1, E2 reactions
4   To be able to explain the factors affecting the SN1, SN2 reaction rate
5   To be able to write C=C double bond and C=O double bond addition reactions of organic compound

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts in organic chemistry: electrophilic and nucleophilic compounds
2 Acid-base theories: acidic and basicity of organic Compounds
3 Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: SN1 mechanism and stereochemistry
4 Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: SN2 mechanism and stereochemistry
5 Factors affecting SN1 and SN2 reaction rates
6 Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: SNi mechanism and stereochemistry
7 Elimination Reactions: E1 mechanism
8 Midterm exam
9 Elimination Reactions: E2 mechanism
10 Elimination Reactions: Various elimination reactions
11 Addition Reactions: Additions to the C=C double bond
12 Addition Reactions: Additions to the C=0 double bond
13 Reactive intermediates: carbocations, carboanions, carbenes, Radicals, Singlet Oxygen
14 Students presentations
15 Students presentations
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Balcı, M., Organik Kimya Reaksiyon Mekanizmaları, TÜBA Yayınları,Ankara,2009
2. Grossman, R.B, The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanism, Springer-Verlag,2002

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, question-answer, lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of the students will be done by using mid-term exam , final examination and students' homeworks as can be seen from above gradings.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at https://bef.deu.edu.tr/tr/

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: gulten.sendur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be annoced during the semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.153
LO.2533
LO.333
LO.4333
LO.533

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