General Chemistry

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2020-2021

Topic

The course includes selected General Chemistry topics that are essential for pharmacy students to study the chemistry-related subjects (eg, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Technology) in the higher semesters.

Lectures

• 1. Classification of matter. Atomic structure. Electron configuration and periodicity. The periodic table. Periodic properties. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 2. Classification of matter. Atomic structure. Electron configuration and periodicity. The periodic table. Periodic properties. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 3. Classification of matter. Atomic structure. Electron configuration and periodicity. The periodic table. Periodic properties. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 4. Structure of molecules. Chemical bonding. Chemical bonding theories. Valence bond theory. Hybrid orbitals. Molecular orbital theory. Molecular geometry. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 5. Structure of molecules. Chemical bonding. Chemical bonding theories. Valence bond theory. Hybrid orbitals. Molecular orbital theory. Molecular geometry. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 6. Structure of molecules. Chemical bonding. Chemical bonding theories. Valence bond theory. Hybrid orbitals. Molecular orbital theory. Molecular geometry. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 7. States of matter. The gaseous state. Gas laws. Intermolecular forces. The liquid state. The solid state. Phase transitions. Phase diagrams. - Dr. Almási Attila
• 8. States of matter. The gaseous state. Gas laws. Intermolecular forces. The liquid state. The solid state. Phase transitions. Phase diagrams. - Dr. Almási Attila
• 9. States of matter. The gaseous state. Gas laws. Intermolecular forces. The liquid state. The solid state. Phase transitions. Phase diagrams. - Dr. Almási Attila
• 10. Water and the aqueous solutions. Dissolution of gases, liquids and solids in liquids. Types of electrolytes. Electrolytic dissociation, degree of dissociation, conductivity, and their relationships . - Dr. Almási Attila
• 11. Water and the aqueous solutions. Dissolution of gases, liquids and solids in liquids. Types of electrolytes. Electrolytic dissociation, degree of dissociation, conductivity, and their relationships. - Dr. Almási Attila
• 12. Water and the aqueous solutions. Dissolution of gases, liquids and solids in liquids. Types of electrolytes. Electrolytic dissociation, degree of dissociation, conductivity, and their relationships. - Dr. Almási Attila
• 13. Chemical kinetics. Reaction rates. The collision theory. Rate laws and reaction mechanisms. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 14. Chemical kinetics. Reaction rates. The collision theory. Rate laws and reaction mechanisms. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 15. Chemical kinetics. Reaction rates. The collision theory. Rate laws and reaction mechanisms. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 16. Chemical equilibria. LeChatelier's principle. Protolytic reactions I. Ionization of water. The pH scale. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 17. Chemical equilibria. LeChatelier's principle. Protolytic reactions I. Ionization of water. The pH scale. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 18. Chemical equilibria. LeChatelier's principle. Protolytic reactions I. Ionization of water. The pH scale. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 19. Protolytic reactions II. Acid-base concepts. Acid-base equilibria. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 20. Protolytic reactions II. Acid-base concepts. Acid-base equilibria. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 21. Protolytic reactions II. Acid-base concepts. Acid-base equilibria. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 22. Buffers. Physiological buffer systems. Acid-base titrations. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 23. Buffers. Physiological buffer systems. Acid-base titrations. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 24. Buffers. Physiological buffer systems. Acid-base titrations. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 25. Heterogeneous equilibria. Thermodynamics and equilibrium. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 26. Heterogeneous equilibria. Thermodynamics and equilibrium. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 27. Heterogeneous equilibria. Thermodynamics and equilibrium. - Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• 28. Colligative properties. Colloids. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 29. Colligative properties. Colloids. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 30. Colligative properties. Colloids. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 31. Thermochemistry. Basic thermodynamics. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 32. Thermochemistry. Basic thermodynamics. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 33. Thermochemistry. Basic thermodynamics. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 34. Electrochemistry I. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 35. Electrochemistry I. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 36. Electrochemistry I. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 37. Electrochemistry II. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 38. Electrochemistry II. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 39. Electrochemistry II. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 40. Complex ions and coordination compounds I. Structure and isomerism. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 41. Complex ions and coordination compounds I. Structure and isomerism. - Dr. Perjési Pál
• 42. Complex ions and coordination compounds I. Structure and isomerism. - Dr. Perjési Pál

Practices

Seminars

• 1. Chemical equlibria.
• 2. Acid-base reactions.
• 3. Acid-base reactions.
• 4. Redox reactions.
• 5. Precipitate-forming reactions.
• 6. Complex-forming reactions.
• 7. Chemical kinetics. Rate of reactions and reaction order. Temperature dependence of the reaction rate.
• 8. Free energy change of chemical reactions. Thermodynamic requirements of spontaneous chemical reactions.
• 9. Conductivity of electrolytes. Strong and weak electrolytes.
• 10. Acid-base theories. (Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry, Lewis, Pearson)
• 11. pH of aqueous solutions I. Hydrolysis of salts. The hydrolysis constant.
• 12. pH of aqueous solutions II. Buffers. Buffer capacity.
• 13. Galvanic cells. Electrode potential. Electrodes of first and second kind.
• 14. Electrolysis.

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Ebbing D.D., Gammon S.D.: General Chemistry, Houghton Miffilin Co., Boston, 2009

Literature developed by the Department

Almási A., Kuzma M., Perjési P.: General and Inorganic Chemistry - Laboratory Techniques and Practices, electronic educational material, University of Pécs, 2014

Notes

Recommended literature

en.wikibooks.org/wiki/General_Chemistry

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Acknowledgement of the course is in accord with the Code of Studies and Examinations. Participation is both the lectures and the practices is obligatory. Maximum three absences can be accepted both from the lectures and the seminars. Two compulsory midterm tests (on the topics of the lectures and the seminars) will be written during the semester on the 7th and the 12th weeks. One of the test result should be above 60%. The average of the test result should be above 50%. One re-take test is allowed at the 14th weak of the semester.

Mid-term exams

Two compulsory midterm tests (on the topics of the lectures and the seminars) will be written during the semester on the 7th and the 12th weeks. One of the test result should be above 60%. The average of the test result should be above 50%. One re-take test is allowed at the 14th weak of the semester.

Making up for missed classes

There is no opportunity to make up missed classes (lectures and seminars).

Exam topics/questions

Oral exam covering the topics of the lectures and the seminars. The final grade is based on results of the midterm tests and the oral exam. Information on the topics of the exam is available on the homepage of the Insitute.

Examiners

• Dr. Lóránd Tamás
• Dr. Perjési Pál

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Dr. Fatemeh KENARI
• Dr. Almási Attila
• Dr. Kulcsár Győző Kornél
• Dr. Perjési Pál
• Fülöpné Dr. Kiss Edit