2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Organic Chemistry (Functions) A
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Yoshimitsu Sagara
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Mon
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.P311
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The purpose of this course is to acquire the basic knowledge of organic reactions and biomolecules. At First, this course focuses on the reactive functional groups, such as amines. The characteristics and detailed reactions of amines are studied. Then, several types of biomolecules are introduced, and the correlations between their molecular structures and specific functions are explained.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand the basic mechanism of organic reactions focusing on amines.
2) Know the reactivity of specific functional groups and the synthesis of various organic compounds.
3) Grasp the chemical structure‒property relationship of biomolecules.
4) Explain the correlation between the molecular structures and functions on biomolecules.
Keywords
Organic synthesis, reaction mechanism, amines, biomolecules
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Every lesson contains not only a lecture but also a drill or application practice.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | An Overview of Organic Reactions and Introduction of Amines | Understand the kinds and mechanism of organic reactions. |
| Class 2 | Amines and Heterocycles | Explain the properties of amines. |
| Class 3 | Amines and Heterocycles | Explain the synthesis and reactions of amines. |
| Class 4 | Biomolecules: Carbohydrates | Explain the structures and properties of monosaccharides. |
| Class 5 | Biomolecules: Carbohydrates | Explain the structures and properties of polysaccharides. |
| Class 6 | Biomolecules: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins | Understand the structures and properties of amino acids and explain the synthesis. |
| Class 7 | Biomolecules: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins | Explain the peptide synthesis and the protein structures. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
John McMurry, Organic Chemistry, 9th Edition, Third Volume, Tokyo Kagaku Dojin, 2017 (ISBN 9784807909148)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
John McMurry, Organic Chemistry, 9th Edition, First and Second Volumes, Tokyo Kagaku Dojin, 2017 (ISBN 9784807909124, 9784807909131)
Evaluation methods and criteria
The grade is mainly evaluated based on the results of the final examination and the reports that are assigned in every lecture.
Related courses
- MAT.P211 ： Organic Chemistry (Structure-I)
- MAT.P212 ： Organic Chemistry (Structure-II)
- MAT.P213 ： Organic Chemistry (Reaction-A)
- MAT.P214 ： Organic Chemistry (Reaction-B)
- MAT.P312 ： Organic Chemistry (Functions) B
- MAT.P314 ： Organic Synthetic Chemistry A
- MAT.P315 ： Organic Synthetic Chemistry B
- MAT.P316 ： Organic Synthetic Chemistry C
Prerequisites
It is desired that students have taken Organic Chemistry (Structure-I), Organic Chemistry (Structure-II), Organic Chemistry (Reaction-A), and Organic Chemistry (Reaction-B).
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
sagara.y.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp