Learning Outcomes
Students will know about the :
-structure and properties of heteroorganic compounds:
-key role of heterocycles in important life processes
-applications of heterocycles in medicine, agriculture and industry
-role of heterocycles in nanochemistry, green chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, molecular devices and sensors, new organic conductors
In addition they will
-understand why the heterocycles are involved in wide rangr of biological and chemical reactions as well as technological applications.
-understand
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction to the chemistry of heteroorganic compounds. Heterocycles nomenclature and structure. Aromatic heterocycles.Why Nature prefers heterocycles. Heterocycles as Acids and Bases. Heterocycles and Metals. Hydrogen Bonding. Electrostatic Interactions. Molecular Complexes Hydrophobic Forces. Biochemical. Heterocycles and hereditary information. Bioenergy storage and transportation. Heterocyclic biocatalysts. Heterocycles and photosynthesis. Heterocycles and Health. Medicines. Drug delivery systems. Heterocycles in industry and Technology. Heterocycles and molecular recognition, host-guest interactions. Self-Assembling molecular systems. Heterocycles and twenty-first century challenges. Energy. Conducting materials. Photovoltaics. Heterocycles as molecular sensors.
Keywords
heteroorganic chemistry, heterocycles, medicines, biomaterials, drug delivery systems, organic electronics, photovoltaics
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Α. F. POZHARSKII, A. T. SOLDATENKOV and A. R. KATRITZKY: "Τα Ετεροκυκλικά στη Ζωή και την Κοινωνία" μετάφραση στα ελληνικά από Α. ΚΟΤΑΛΗ, Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2004, 312 σελίδες.
Additional bibliography for study
-Α. F. POZHARSKII, A. T. SOLDATENKOV and A. R. KATRITZKY: "Heterocycles in Life and Society" , J. Wiley, 2nd Ed., UK (2011), 382 pages.
-Α. ΚΟΤΑΛΗ:Ονοματολογία Οργανικών Ενώσεων, Σημειώσεις στο Blackboard