KJM1111 – Organic Chemistry I
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
How do we stop antibiotic-resistant bacteria, lethal cancers, and Alzheimer’s? For tomorrow’s medisines, we need organic chemistry.
The course gives an introduction to organic chemistry and includes nomenclature, structure, bonding, stereochemistry, reactivity, and characterization of organic compounds. Functional groups and how these affect the physical and chemical properties of the compounds will be systematically addressed. The reactivity of a range of classes of compounds will be discussed with structure and electronic properties as the starting point. In the laboratory course, the most essential experimental techniques and reactions of important classes of compounds will be addressed.
Learning outcome
After completion of the course:
- you will have an overview of structure, bonding, stereochemistry, and reactivity of organic compounds.
- you will understand how different functional groups affect the electronic properties of the molecules, and how these functional groups give rise to predictable reactivity patters for organic compounds.
- you will understand how electron-pair displacement methods can be aqpplied to explain reaction mechanisms and the concept of resonance.
- you will be able to explain and predict the fundamental mechanistic aspects of organic chemical reactions.
- you will understand and be able to apply the rules for naming organic compounds.
- you will know trends in acidity and basicity for carboxylic acids, amines, alcohols, and other functional groups.
- you will be able to identify simple organic compounds based on their spectroscopic data.
- you will be able to use your insight in organic chemical reactivity to propose and evaluate possible synthesis routes for the preparation of simple organic molecules.
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for?in Studentweb.
Special admission requirements
In addition to fulfilling the?Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:
- Mathematics R1 (or Mathematics S1 and S2) + R2
And in addition one of these:
- Physics (1+2)
- Chemistry (1+2)
- Biology (1+2)
- Information technology (1+2)
- Geosciences (1+2)
- Technology and theories of research (1+2)
The special admission requirements may also be covered by?equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies?(in Norwegian).
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Before you can attend the mandatory laboratory courses, you have to have passed the following courses:
Approved laboratory course in either KJM1002 – Introduction to Chemistry, or MENA1001 – Materials, Energy and Nanotechnology, or KJM1101 – Generell kjemi or similar courses.
Recommended previous knowledge
The course is based on KJM1101 – Generell kjemi or similar courses. For students who have completed KJM1002 – Introduction to Chemistry, the course may be demanding.
Overlapping courses
- 9 credits overlap with FARM1130 – Pharmaceutically Based Organic Chemistry.
- 8 credits overlap with KJM1020 – Organisk kjemi I (discontinued).
- 7 credits overlap with KJM1110 – Organic chemistry I (continued).
Teaching
The course duration is one semester with 5 hours each week, in addition to the mandatory laboratory course, The teaching consists of:
- 3 hours of lectures each week
- 2 hours of open group seminars with presentation of the week’s assignments each week
- a mandatory laboratory course of 48 hours (8 laboratory exercises, 6 hours each). \
The laboratory course must be approved prior to the final examination.
A completed and approved laboratory course is valid for six semesters beyond the semester it was approved. After this period, you must complete the laboratory course again to be able to sit for the final examination.
You must be able to show documentation that you have passed the HSE courses on the first lab exercise.
It is mandatory to attend the first lecture (including students on the waiting list). If you are unable to attend the first lecture, you must notify the Department of Chemistry before the start of the lecture, otherwise your course registration will be cancelled.
Attendance at the laboratory course is mandatory. If you are prevented from meeting, you have to show documentation that you were legally absent (medical note from a doctor or similar).
As?the?teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance.?Read about your insurance cover as a student.
Access to teaching
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Examination
- Final written exam (4 hours) which counts 100 % towards the final?grade.
This course has mandatory exercises that must be approved before you can sit the final exam.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: KJM1110 – Organic chemistry I (continued)
Examination support material
A simple molecular model set and calculator.
The calculator must fulfill the requirements specified by The Department of Mathematics (only in Norwegian).
Language of examination
The examination text is given in Norwegian. You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.