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Grao en Química
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Presentation Methods, programmed activities and evaluation criteria
Carbonyl group.
Reduction reactions, synthesis of commercially interesting products
Experiment 1a: Vainilline reduction with sodium borohydride.
Experiment 1b: Methyl diantilis synthesis.
Alkenes, alkyl halides, alcohols and epoxides.
Electrophilic addition to unsaturated systems, bimilecular nucleophilic substitution ans rearrangenments.
Experiment 2: Stereospecific synthesis of anti-2-bromo-1,2-diphenylethanol from trans-stilbene.
Aromatic compounds and electrophilic aromatic substitution. Introduction to protecting groups. Experiment 3: Synthesis of p-nitroaniline from aniline.
Carboxylic acid derivatives.
Nucleophilic substitution through addition-elimination.
Experiment 4a: Synthesis of ethyl acetate.
Experiment 4b: Synthesis of isoamyl acetate.
Sustainable chemistry. Reactions without solvents. Experiment 5: Synthesis of N-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl)-N-p-tolylacetamide.
Carbonyl compounds and reactions in alpha position. Experiment 6a: Synthesis of dibenzalacetone ((E,E)-1,5-diphenyl-1,4-pentadien-3-one) from acetone and benzaldehyde through aldol condensation.
Experiment 6b: Synthesis of ketone alfa,beta-unsaturated (6-etoxicarbonyl-3,5-diphenyl-2-cyclohexanone) through Michael reactions and aldol condensation.
Dienes. Diels-Alder reaction Experiment 7: Synthesis of exo- and endo-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-2,3-dicarboxy-N-phenylimide from N-phenylmaleimide
Polifunctional compounds.
Multistep synthesis
Experiment 8a: Synthesis of benzylic acid from benzaldehyde.
Experiment 8b: Synthesis of 3-methylcyclohexen-2-one trough Robinson annulation and decarboxylation
Experiment 8c: Stereoselective reduction of benzoin adn synthesis of 4,5-diphenyl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan
Experiment 8d: Regioselective epoxydation of (R)-carvone.
Experiment 8e:Synthesis of local anesthetic benzocaine (ethyl p-aminobenzoate).
Organophosphorous compounds.
Olefination reactions.
Experiment 9: Synthesis of cynnamic acid through Wittig reaction.
Heterocyclic compounds.
Synthesis. Green chemistry and pharmacologicaly interesting heterocycles.
Experiment 10a: Synthesis of 6-methylquinolin through Skraup reaction.
Experiment 10b: Synthesis of 1,6-dihydropyridines through Hantzsch reaction in solventless conditions.
Práctica 10c: Synthesis of Fischer indole: preparation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocarbazole.
Carbohydrates.
Kinetic and thermodinamic control. Protecting groups. Sugars as chiral precursors.
Experiment 11a: Synthesis of beta- and alpha-D-glucose pentaacetates.
Experiment 11b: Synthesis of 2,3-O-isopropyliden-L-erithrose from L-arabinose
Amino acids and peptides Experiment 12: Synthesis of methyl N-acetyl-L-prolyl-L-phenylalaninate from its amino acids.
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