Petrochemicals and Organic Synthesis I

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. apply fundamental skills in performing synthesis of organic compounds listed in the course content above; 2. apply fundamental skills in the isolation and purification of products of organic synthesis reactions listed in the

above; 3. can prepare a flow diagram and identify critical/important points in an organic synthesis procedure of the process listed above; and 4. can prepare reaction schemes using the appropriate software. Course Contents Raw materials and their processing techniques for ethylene, acetylene, synthesis gas, and liquid hydrocarbons; properties of olefins, thermo-dynamic stability of hydrocarbons, olefin production; use of polymerization reactions, raw materials from aromatic hydrocarbon, chlorination, nitration, oxidation, hydrogenation aromatization, isomerization reactions. Synthesis on basis of acetylene, carbon monoxide, and synthesis gas.