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La Química Orgánica: un mundo a tu alcance (edX)

Offered by Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, UAMx,

La Química Orgánica, hecha fácil, no es el problema sino la solución. Compruébalo en un mundo de moléculas bellas y funcionales. ¡La Química Orgánica está en todas partes! Simplemente nos rodea. ¿Te has dado cuenta que nosotros mismos somos Química Orgánica? Las moléculas biológicas son Química Orgánica. En este curso se introducen los fundamentos de la Química Orgánica y de la estructura molecular, sin que sea necesario tener ningún conocimiento previo de Química, ¡lo creas o no!

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What you'll learn

Adquirirás importantes rudimentos de la Química Orgánica.
El curso satisfará tu curiosidad sobre la estructura molecular de numerosas sustancias
Apreciarás la importancia que ciertas moléculas tienen, sean naturales o no, sobre la preservación de la vida, el control de enfermedades y la producción eficiente de alimentos.
Descubrirás que la Química en general, y la Química Orgánica en particular, no es el problema, sino ciertamente la solución a una enorme cantidad de problemas cotidianos
Descubrirás la belleza que hay encerrada en las moléculas y en el proceso creativo de los químicos para idearlas y sintetizarlas físicamente en el laboratorio o, a mucha mayor escala, en la industria.

This course is part of the Fundamentos de Química Orgánica XSeries.

Syllabus

Week 1: Bienvenido a la Química Orgánica: átomos y elementos.
Un paseo por la constitución y propiedades de los ladrillos de la construcción de la Química: el concepto de átomo y los elementos químicos

Week 2: Cómo y por qué se enlazan los átomos para formar moléculas
Aprenderemos unas cuantas razones para entender la formación de las moléculas a partir de los átomos

Week 3: Moléculas Orgánicas I: carbono e hidrógeno (hidrocarburos)
Estudio de la estructura y propiedades de las moléculas orgánicas más sencillas, que son ciertamente complejas a la vez

Week 4: Moléculas Orgánicas II: carbono, hidrógeno y halógenos (derivados halogenados)
Estudiamos la apasionante perturbación que un átomo electronegativo produce en una estructura molecular orgánica

Week 5: Moléculas Orgánicas III: carbono, hidrógeno y oxígeno (alcoholes, cetonas y derivados)
Las moléculas que poseen oxígeno son muy importantes en Química Orgánica y ubicuas en nuestra vida diaria. Estudiamos sus estructuras y propiedades más importantes

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