“Simple molecules in our lives” - course 9640 rub. from MSU, training 15 weeks. (4 months), Date: December 6, 2023.
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The course talks about substances that consist of very simple molecules, but play a huge role in human life and society. These substances participate in biochemical processes in the human body and determine the properties of the environment around it. natural environment and serve as a source of many materials that benefit people and make their lives more comfortable. Such substances include, first of all, water, gases - components of the atmosphere (oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ozone), as well as gases and liquids used in large industrial processes (hydrogen, chlorine, ammonia, carbon monoxide, ethylene, benzene). The course consists of 12 lectures. Each lecture is devoted to one molecule. The structure of the molecule, its unusual properties (any molecule has them), interesting facts related to substance consisting of these molecules, the practical significance of the substance, its role in the human body and in ecosystems.
Form of study
Correspondence courses using distance learning technologies
Admission Requirements
Availability of VO or SPO
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courseDoctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Position: Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov
Part I Molecules of simple substances
Lecture 1. Molecular hydrogen
1. What is a molecule? Substances of molecular structure. H2 molecule
2. Unique properties of hydrogen: abundance in nature, physical properties
3. History of discovery
4. Production and chemical properties of hydrogen
5. Hydrogen as an energy source
6. Chain reactions with hydrogen
Lecture 2. Oxygen - the molecule that changed the world
1. oxygen molecule
2. Properties of oxygen
3. History of the discovery of oxygen. Production and chemical properties of oxygen
4. Oxygen in the body. Breath
5. Photosynthesis and the “oxygen catastrophe”
6. Oxygen in industry
Lecture 3. Ozone is a molecule that protects us from the sun
1. Ozone molecule
2. Properties and methods of producing ozone
3. Ozone protects us from the sun
4. Ozone in air and water
Lecture 4. Nitrogen is the most inert molecule
1. Molecule N2
2. Physical properties of nitrogen. A liquid nitrogen
3. Methods of obtaining and chemical properties of nitrogen
4. Nitrogen fixation problem. Nitrogen cycle in nature
Lecture 5. Chlorine – colorful, poisonous, beneficial
1. Cl2 molecule
2. History of discovery. Physical properties
3. Methods of production and chemical properties of chlorine
4. Useful and harmful uses of chlorine
Part II. Molecules of complex substances
Lecture 6. Water is the molecule of life
1. H2O molecule
2. Water in liquid, solid and gaseous states
3. Water in the Universe
4. Common and unusual properties of water
5. Water in our lives
6. Myths and misconceptions about water
Lecture 7. Ammonia is a nitrogen-containing analogue of water.
1. NH3 molecule
2. History of discovery. Physical properties
3. Liquid ammonia as a solvent
4. Methods of production and chemical properties of ammonia
5. The role of ammonia in human life and society
Lecture 8. Carbon dioxide is a product of respiration and combustion
1. CO2 molecule
2. History of discovery. Physical properties
3. Methods of production, chemical properties and uses of CO2
4. Carbon dioxide in the body
5. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Greenhouse effect
Lecture 9. Carbon monoxide is the strongest molecule
1. CO molecule
2. History of discovery. Physical properties and methods of producing CO
3. Chemical properties of CO
4. CO in the Universe and around us
Lecture 10. Methane is the lightest organic molecule
1. CH4 molecule
2. History of discovery. Physical properties
3. Production and chemical properties of methane
4. Methane in nature
5. Methane in energy
Lecture 11. Ethylene is a molecule that combines with itself
1. C2H4 molecule
2. History of discovery. Physical properties
3. Preparation and chemical properties of ethylene
4. Ethylene based polymers
5. Ethylene in organic synthesis
Lecture 12. Benzene is a molecule with special chemical bonds
1. Benzene molecule. Resonant structures
2. History of the discovery of benzene
3. Aromaticity in organic chemistry
4. Physical and chemical properties of benzene
5. Benzene in organic synthesis