Learning objectives
The course is aimed at offering students the possibility to solve experimentally some problems of industrial practice: separation of mixtures, preparation of catalysts for organic syntheses, analytical applications to commercial products .
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The course includes frontal lessons concerning the theoretical grounds of the laboratory experiments.
The following experiments will be carried out:
1)synthesis of manganese (IV) oxide supported on alumina and its use in the oxidation of the benzoin to benzyl; characterization of benzyl through melting point, IR, NMR;
2)extraction of plasticizers from PVC samples; characterization of phthalates by IR, GC-MS and NMR;
3)chemical recycling of PET: depolimerisation of PET samples and recovery of terephthalic acid; characterization of terephthalic acid by melting point and IR;
4) synthesis of an organic dye and tests of coloration on clothes.
Full programme
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Bibliography
Material supplied from the teacher.
B.S. Furniss, A.J. Hannaford, P.W.G. Smith, A.R. Tatchell: 'Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic
Chemistry-5th Edition'. Longman Scientific & Technical (Harlow, UK), 1989.
R. M. Silverstein, F.X. Webster: 'Identificazione spettroscopica di composti organici'. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana (MI), 1999
Teaching methods
Oral lessons and laboratory sessions
Assessment methods and criteria
Written relations and oral examination.
Other information
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