CHIMICA

The course aims to provide the student with the basic contents to know and understand the fundamentals of chemistry, in particular, the knowledge of the main classes of inorganic and organic molecules, including biomolecules, and the relationship between structure-property-reactivity .

The set of concepts and fundamental knowledge of Chemistry acquired by the student at the end of the course will serve as the basis for learning the subjects with chemical content of the three-year degree program. At the end of the lessons, students must have acquired the following skills:

- Orientation on the periodic table with the main properties of the elements.

- Familiarity with the nomenclature and acid-base properties of the most common chemical compounds.

- Ability to discuss the various types of chemical bond in some compounds.

- Realize the balance of reactions.

- Proceed with the stoichiometric calculations.

- Ability to perform calculations for acid-base equilibria in aqueous solution.

- Ability, given a structural formula, to attribute the IUPAC name to an organic compound or, having the name, go back to the formula.

- Ability to recognize the main structural and reactivity characteristics of the most common classes of organic compounds, including the main classes of biomolecules.

The course consists of:

- 42 hours of lessons which the student acquires the basic notions through the use of slides that will be made available to students through the STUDIUM platform.

- 28 hours during which exercises will be carried out on the basis of the topics discussed in class.

If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes may be introduced with respect to what was previously stated, in order to comply with the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.

As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline.
It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), in the persons of professors Giovanna Tropea Garzia and Anna De Angelis.

Part I General Chemistry

1. Introduction to chemistry.

2. Atoms, molecules and ions. Structure of the atom.

3. The periodic table. Electronic configuration of atoms and periodicity of chemical properties; the periodic table and its characteristics; ionization energy; electronic affinity; electronegativity.

4. The chemical bond: classification of chemical bonds; weak interactions.

5. Chemical compounds (part I): Ionic compounds and molecular compounds. Formulas, nomenclature and properties of compounds; binary compounds: hydrides, oxides, peroxides and hydracids; ternary compounds: oxyacids and hydroxides; Salts; particularity of some elements; metal cations and polyatomic anions. Exercises.

6. Chemical compounds (part II): The concept of mole and Avogadro's number; molecular weight; fundamentals of stoichiometry; the chemical equation and its balance; concept of chemical equilibrium and equilibrium constants; stoichiometric calculations: quantitative relationships in chemical reactions; limiting reagent. Exercises.

7. The solutions. Concentrations of the solutions; colligative properties of solutions. Exercises.

8. Ionic equilibria in aqueous solution: ionic product of water and pH; theory of acids and bases; pH calculation; buffer solutions. Exercises.

II part Organic Chemistry

1. Introduction to organic compounds: functional groups; organic compound classification and nomenclature; representation of organic molecules.

2. The arrangement of atoms in space: isomerism.

3. The chemistry of biomolecules.

1. Fondamenti di chimica. Brown, LeMay, Bursten, Murphy, Woodwards, Stoltzfus. EdiSES
2. STECHIOMETRIA PER LA CHIMICA GENERALE, Michelin Lausarot Vaglio; Piccin.
3. Chimica organica essenziale. G. B. Appendino, S. Banfi, B. Botta, S. Chiacchio, L. F. Cipolla, M. V. D’Auria, G. Fabrizi, F. Nicotra, F. Peri, M. Pierini, R. Riccio, M. Taddei, G. Zappia. Edi-ermes.