C7500 Sustainable resources in chemical synthesis

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Doc. Ing. Zdeněk Wimmer, DrSc. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Milan Potáček, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Milan Potáček, CSc.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Milan Potáček, CSc.
Prerequisites
C2021 Organic Chemistry I && C3022 Organic Chemistry II
Knowledge of the organic chemistry and biochemistry fundamentals is expected.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The objective of the lectures is to transfer a knowledge to the students, how to use the sustainable resources in chemical synthesis, and to teach them, how to plan synthetic strategy with application of sustainable raw material resources to the large extent.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the lectures, sustainable energy resources, definition of fats and saccharides, theory of the sweet taste 2. Natural sweeteners (sucrose, glucose, fructose, alditols) and natural intense sweeteners; an overview of the most important synthetic sweeteners 3. Chemical transformations of sucrose 4. Biochemical transformations of sucrose 5. Application of glucose 6. Application of fructose 7. Cellulose: Production and application 8. The industry of cellulose ethers and esters 9. Starch, its modifications and application 10. Chitin, pectins, hemicelluloses 11. Plant gums and mucilages 12. Glycogen and other minor polysaccharides; Lignin: production and application 13. Fatty acids and their natural derivatives: synthetic applications (part 1) 14. Fatty acids and their natural derivatives: synthetic applications (part 2)
Literature
  • Elektronická verse materiálů je dodávána vyučujícím
Assessment methods
The course is closed by an oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Course is no more offered.
The course is taught: every other week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: každý druhý týden v dvojnásobném rozsahu.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011 - acreditation.
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