Organic chemistry

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

Contribution of the course to the program objectives

Regarding the learning outcomes of the program of Bachelor in Engineering Sciences, this course contributes to the development and the acquisition of the following learning outcomes:

LO 1.1 : Apply concepts, laws, reasoning to disciplinary reduced problems.

Specific learning outcomes of the course

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• distinguish the different types of isomers (structure and geometrical isomers and stereoisomers) ;
• recognize the different types of reactants (nucleophiles, electrophiles, radicals, acids and bases) ;
• describe the electrons migration within an organic molecule (inductive and conjugation effects) as well as during a chemical reaction between two given compounds;
• recognize and represent the main functional groups of organic compounds ;
• establish relations between molecular and spatial structures of organic molecules and some properties, in particular, their reactivity ;
• predict and explain the expected result for the main types of organic reactions, including their mechanism;
• explain the utility of the fugacity and activity concepts;
• explain how the chemical process industry takes advantage of the various equation of state- or activity coefficients-based models to compute thermodynamic properties of liquid-vapor or liquid-liquid mixtures at equilibrium;
• explain the operation principles of a distillation columns for binary mixtures, of a crude oil distillation column or of a liquid-liquid extraction;
• explain the main units composing an oil refinery.