Universität Wien

270132 UE Advanced Laboratory Course in Organic Chemistry (2025S)

10.00 ECTS (10.00 SWS), SPL 27 - Chemie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

3.3. 2025, 13:00-18:00 h: Introductory discussion and intro safety issues, both groups!! (HS2)

4.3.2025, 9:30-10:30 h: intro literature search, both groups! (online)

4.3.2025 11:00h: Working place take over in the lab room 4 (working place number to be communicated after the introductory discussion!) MARCH group only!

5.3. 2025, 13:00-14:30 h: Intro TLCs as techniques, both groups!

Practical work MARCH group!  
6.3.2025 - 24.3.2025, 9:00-18:00h (1 h lunch break)

25.3.2025, 9:00 h: Working places handed back, MARCH group only! 

25.3.2025, 13:00 h:  Working place take over in the lab room 4 (working place number to be communicated after the introductory discussion!) APRIL group only!

Practical work APRIL group!  
26.3.2025-11.4.2025, 9:00-18:00h (1 h lunch break)

28.04.2025, 9:00 h: Working places handed back, APRIL group only! 

28.04.2025, 15:00 h: Moodle-exam about TLCs

5.5.2025, 12:00 h: last possible date to hand in theoretical example and evaluation sheet, both groups!

This practical course will take place from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm in the upcoming semester due to construction works in one of the typically used course rooms.

Preferences for one of these two possible courses will be taken into account whenever possible (polls to be performed after the official registration phase is over). Preferences of students with other overlapping courses (written statement of course head needed!), job- and/or care responsibilities will be taken into account first.

  • Monday 03.03. 13:00 - 18:00 Joseph-Loschmidt-Hörsaal Chemie EG Währinger Straße 42
  • Wednesday 05.03. 13:00 - 14:45 Kleiner Hörsaal 3 Chemie Boltzmanngasse 1 HP

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The participants perform individual synthetic examples to broaden their practical skills in organic chemistry
The objective of the course is to improve the participants' knowledge of synthetic organic chemistry. A series of 11 individual synthetic steps will be performed to illustrate and practice typical working methods, as well as separation and purification procedures like extraction, distillation, chromatography, crystallization, and performing reactions under absolute conditions. Control of purity and/or characterization of isolated products will be done by physical and/or spectroscopic methods. For selected examples a literature search, including on-line information retrieval will be performed with the aim to evaluate, adapt, and apply known synthetic procedures.

Assessment and permitted materials

Preparation and characterization of 10 synthetic products + creation of a synthetic working procedure on paper. For each synthetic example a short oral exam, protocol, literature search and practical skills will be evaluated (maximum 18 pt per example). Additionally up to 12 points can be reached for writing of the synthetic procedure, 3 points can be gained for handing in an evaluation form dealing with the course examples and 3 additional points can be reached by taking part in a short exam about the use of TLCs in synthetic chemistry.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Mandatory criteria for acceptance to the course: Lectures “Organische Chemie I” and “Chemisches Grundpraktikum II” as well as parallel registration for the “Proseminar in Organic Chemistry” are mandatory.

Recommened: Basic knowledge in spectroscopy, recommendation: “Molekülspektroskopische Übungen”

To pass the course it is necessary to obtain a minimum of 134 points (out of 198 in total).

A maximum of 18 points can be reached per example, these are composed as follows:
6 P oral exam,
4 P protocol,
8 P practical work (incl. yield and purity of the product)

Theory example: max 12 points
TLC exam: max 3 points
evaluation of examples: max 3 points

Grading key: 0-133 P = nicht genügend (5), 134-149 P = genügend (4), 150-167 = befriedigend (3), 168-184 = gut (2), 185-198 = sehr gut (1)

Examination topics

Students are asked about techniques, methods and theoretical backgrounds necessary to work on the relevant tasks before the practical work.

Reading list

Script and material on Moodle

Association in the course directory

BA CH 11b

Last modified: Th 10.04.2025 15:26