The assistance to the ICT practical is a necessary requirement for passing the course.
The final grade will be based on your performances in the all activities. The exam will make up 70%, seminar 5%, ICT practicals 10%, and problem solving 15%. Each activity (except for seminar) should reach a minimum score of 4 out of 10. A final score of 5 out of 10 is needed in order to pass the entire course.

The scores obtained on the practicals, seminars and problem-solving classes will be preserved to the "second opportunity" of an academic course. Those students not participating in more than a 25% of the planned activities will obtain an assesment of "not attended".

Students evaluated in the "second chance" shall be eligible for "class honors" if the maximum number of those marks for the corresponding course has not been fully covered in the "first opportunity".

Regarding the successive academic years, the teaching-learning process (including the assessment), it refers to an academic course, and therefore would re-start with a new course,including all the planified activities and evaluation procedures.

Subject competencies (Learning outcomes)	Study programme competences
Understand basic concepts, principles and theories related to the Organic Chemistry	A1 A4 A6 A9 A10 A12 A14 A15 A21 A24	B2 B3 B4	C1 C2
Use and get use to the Organic Chemistry Nomenclature, using main conventions and units	A1 A6 A9 A12 A14 A24 A25	B2 B3 B7	C1 C2 C3
Understand the caracteristics and main propierties of organic compounds.	A1 A9 A12 A14 A16 A21 A24	B2 B3 B7	C6
Adquire the expertise to solve estructural and synthetic problems in Organic Chemistry being able to relate functional groups and their reactivities.	A1 A4 A9 A14 A15 A16 A21 A24 A25	B2 B3 B4	C3 C6
Understand the most impoortant type of organic reactions, the mechanistic pathways and its stereochemical features.	A1 A4 A6 A9 A10 A21	B2 B3 B4	C1 C2 C3
Design and planning in Organic Synthesis. Relationships between spectroscopic data and functional groups in Organic Chemistry.	A1 A4 A9 A12 A14 A15	B2 B3 B7	C3 C6
Adquire expertise in literature searches from Organic Chemistry sources.	A6 A9 A14 A16 A24 A25	B3 B4 B7	C1 C2 C3
The Organic Chemistry as a part of our lives	A14 A15 A21 A24 A25	B4 B7	C1 C2 C3 C6

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Chemical structure and chemical bonding in organic molecules	Lewis Structures. Resonance Structures. Atomic and hybrid orbitals. Chemical structure and bonding on methane, ethene and ethyne.
2. Organic reactions	Characteristics of the organic compounds. Types of reaction Mechanisms. Types of reagents: acids and bases, oxidants and reductors, electrophilicity and nucleophilicity. Classification of the Organic reactions. Thermodynamic and kinetic features of Organic Reactions. Kinetic and thermodynamic control. Reaction intermediates.
3. Alkanes and cycloalkanes. Reactions	Physical properties. n-Alkanes: Rotational barriers. Conformational isomerism. Cycloakanes: ring strain.
4. Stereochemistry	Optical activity. Chirality and enantiomers. Nomenclature. Diasteroisomers. Stereoisomerism in cyclic molecules.
5. NMR Spectroscopy	Basic principles of the NMR. The most important nuclei studied in Organic Chemistry. The chemical shift, Spin-spin coupling: N+1 rule. Identification of Organic functional groups by NMR.
6. Reactions of Alkanes.	Halogenation. Pyrolisis. Combustion. Cracking.
7. Alkyl Halides	Chemical structure and properties. Nucleophilic substition reactions (SN). Factors determining the SN mechanisms: substrate (structure of the alkyl group and nature of the leaving group, nucleophilicity of the reagent and solvent effects. Competitive proccesses in the SN reaction: transpositions and eliminations. Organometallic compounds. Reduction of alkyl halides.
8. Alcohols	Chemical structure. Acid-base propierties. Reactions through the O-H bond. Reactions through the C-O bond. Oxidation. Thiols.
9. Ethers	Chemical structure. Ether cleavage. Epoxides. Thioethers.
10. Amines	Structure and properties. Acid-base reactions. Alkylation of amines. Hoffman's elimination. Oxidation: Cope's elimination.

Methodologies / tests	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Mixed objective/subjective test	4	0	4
Seminar	10	25	35
Guest lecture / keynote speech	20	30	50
ICT practicals	10	10	20
Problem solving	10	30	40

Personalized attention	1	0	1

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
Mixed objective/subjective test	A final exam will be introduced at the end of the semester. This is planned to objectively asses the degree of understanding by the student, as well as the ability to apply the course contents. This test will include a single type of questions (related to the structure, structural elucidation, reactivity and synthesis of organic compounds), in order to determine whether the answers are correct or not.
Seminar	Sessions devoted to the resolution of problems and questions related to the course contents, with the active participation of students. This methodology is intended to the whole group.
Guest lecture / keynote speech	The teacher presents the basic contents of each unit. These materials will be provided in advance to the students in order to study them before the development of the class. This methodology is intended to the whole group.
ICT practicals	Practicals will be mainly focused on two aspects: 1. The use of software tools for the three-dimensional representation of organic compounds, and the application of such tools on solving stereochemistry and conformational analysis problems. 2. The structural elucidation of organic compounds by means of proton NMR with the support of software for the simulation of spectra.
Problem solving	The teacher will assign students the preparation of some problems, that would require the integration of contents from different subjects. Then, students should study the problems and prepare a solution in writing, which must be submitted to the teacher prior to the development of this activities in the classroom. During the classes, students will present orally some of the problems assigned, and will have to answer to issues that may arise in this regard.

Methodologies	Description	Qualification
Mixed objective/subjective test	Final written test. Competencies assessed: A1, A6, A9, A12, A14, B2, B3	70
Seminar	The evaluation will consider the attendance, participation, and completion of a colection of practice tests of proposed problems. Competencies assessed: A1, A4, A10, A15	5
ICT practicals	A necessary requirement for passing the entire course is to achieve a passing score in the ICT practicals. Regular attendance to all of your sections is a must. The attendance, follow up and participation on the practical sessions will contribute a 5% to the final grading. In the last training session within the practicals, the students will solve a similar problem to those presented, contributing another 5% to the evaluation. Competencies assessed: A1, A9, A16, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C6.	10
Problem solving	Attendance, participation, and the quality of the written solutions in the take home assigned problems will be evaluated. The students will deliver the written solutions before of each presentation. Additionally the clarity and precision of explanations, as well as the use of appropriate nomenclature for the compounds and reactions it will be evaluated. Competencies assessed: A1, A4, A6, A9, A10, A21, A24, A25, B2, B3, B4, B7.	15

Assessment comments
The assistance to the ICT practical is a necessary requirement for passing the course. The final grade will be based on your performances in the all activities. The exam will make up 70%, seminar 5%, ICT practicals 10%, and problem solving 15%. Each activity (except for seminar) should reach a minimum score of 4 out of 10. A final score of 5 out of 10 is needed in order to pass the entire course. The scores obtained on the practicals, seminars and problem-solving classes will be preserved to the "second opportunity" of an academic course. Those students not participating in more than a 25% of the planned activities will obtain an assesment of "not attended". Students evaluated in the "second chance" shall be eligible for "class honors" if the maximum number of those marks for the corresponding course has not been fully covered in the "first opportunity". Regarding the successive academic years, the teaching-learning process (including the assessment), it refers to an academic course, and therefore would re-start with a new course,including all the planified activities and evaluation procedures.

Basic	E. QUIÑOÁ y R. RIGUERA (2004). CUESTIONES Y EJERCICIOS DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA (2ª ed). Madrid, McGraw-Hill K.P.C. VOLLHARDT and N.E. SCHORE (2007). Organic Chemistry (5ª ed). Barcelona, Omega L.G. WADE, Jr. (2004). QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA (5ª ed). Madrid, Pearson Educación

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Other comments
We highly recommend as main sources of information the books: Wade 2004 and Vollhardt, 2007. We also recommend the reading of the main subjects of each topic as preparation to the teacher's keynote lectures.