Course content

The course is a laboratory course that consists of two parts: General Chemistry (Part 1) and Organic Chemistry (Part 2). The parts are taught in parallel throughout the semester, and the parts are approximately equal in workload.

The laboratory tasks in the general chemistry section deal with topics taught in the course TMT4115 General Chemistry. The laboratory tasks include classical qualitative analysis and classical quantitative analysis. An assignment in preparative inorganic chemistry is given. Students will also receive an introduction to literature search.

The laboratory tasks in the organic chemistry deal with topics taught in the course TKJ4102 Organic chemistry, basic course, as well as standard methods and basic syntheses.

Learning outcome

General chemistry: After completing the course students should: be able to use qualitative analysis and detect cations and anions in solutions, be able to use quantitative methods and determine the concentration of copper and chloride ions in solution, be able to measure reaction rates and calculate reaction orders for chemical reactions in solution, find the composition for complexes in aqueous solution as well as produce salt crystals and analyze the effect of experimental variables. Organic chemistry: After completing the course students should: be able to use standard unit operations such as distillation, crystallization, melting point determination and extraction, perform synthesis of organic compounds and elucidate mechanisms through reaction studies as well as understand the importance of HSE in the lab and demonstrate safe lab work in practice.

Learning methods and activities

For each lab a lab report must be written. The lab and the lab report are assessed with Passed / Not passed. In order to pass the course all labs and lab reports must be approved. The course is evaluated with Passed / Not passed. The laboratory course is taught every week during the semester. Already the first week of the semester there are several lectures and other activities. The students themselves are responsible for acquiring information about the start of teaching and compulsory activities in the course. This information must be acquired before the start of the semester as activities must be expected as early as Monday of the first week of the semester. All information is made available on Blackboard or NTNU's website. Only illness with a doctor's certificate or similar qualifies as legal absence. It is not possible to carry out the lab at a later date if the absence is invalid. It is given an compulsory introductory lecture for the course, as well as an compulsory preparative chemistry lecture. These two lectures are normally given in the first week of the semester. As part of the lab course in organic chemistry a compulsory (subject-specific) HSE lecture is included which will be given at the beginning of the semester. Students who do not attend this HSE lecture will not have access to the lab. In organic chemistry a lecture will be given in the laboratory before the laboratory work begins and deals with theory and practical implementation of the various experiments. These lectures are compulsory. Total expected workload for the course: 225 hours.

Compulsory assignments

• Introductory lecture
• Lecture on inorganic chemistry synthesis
• Lab attendance (incl. delivery of lab workplace for the gen. chem. lab and lab introduction day for the organic chem lab
• Practical literature search at the Realfagbiblioteket (in relation to the inorganic chemistry synthesis task)
• Subject-specific HSE training

Recommended previous knowledge

This course is lectured in norwegian only. Completed course TMT4115 General Chemistry or KJ1000 General Chemistry. It is recommended that those who follow the course at the same time follow the course TKJ4102 Organic chemistry, basic course, or have completed/follow another course with similar content.

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

A compendium for the general chemistry part is given to the students at the beginning of the semester. Learning material for the organic chemistry part is stated at the beginning of the semester.

Credit reductions