Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PCE 501 — Petrochemicals and Organic Synthesis I

3 units · PCE department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

apply fundamental skills in performing synthesis of organic compounds listed in the course content above
apply fundamental skills in the isolation and purification of products of organic synthesis reactions listed in the course content above
can prepare a flow diagram and identify critical/important points in an organic synthesis procedure of the process listed above;
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.

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PCE 501 — Petrochemicals and Organic Synthesis I

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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