Course: Production of Chemical Specialities

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Course title Production of Chemical Specialities
Course code UOCHT/C051A
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Al Monasy Numan, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Short introduction into the topic of pesticides, their economic importance, classification and ways of application of pesticides Mechanism of action of pesticides, transport of active components within plants, biochemical reactions of pesticides (hydrolysis, oxidation, reduction, non-enzymatic processes), physical ways of degradation (photo-degradation), adverse harmful side effects of application of pesticides and ways of their reduction/elimination Herbicides - classification according to physiological effects, mechanism of effects of herbicides upon processes within plants; inorganic herbicides (simple organic compounds, phenols, phenol ethers and their derivatives) Nitro derivatives of aniline, derivatives of carboxylic acids (halogen-substituted aliphatic carboxylic acids, arylacetic acids and aryloxyalkanoic acids) Derivatives of carbonic acid (N-arylcarbamates and biscarbamates, N-arylthiocarbamates) Arylureas, heterocyclic compounds, five-membered heterocycles, six-membered heterocycles: Azonium salts (bipirilides and diphenylpyrazoles), uracils, derivatives of pyridazinone, derivatives of s-triazine Derivatives of triazinones, herbicides containing phosphorus, N-thiadiazol. Insecticides: classification according to the type of pests, developmental phases of insects, physiological effects. Natural insecticides, pyrethroids, substances increasing insecticidal activity of pyrethroids, perchlorinated compounds, diphenylmethanols Insecticidal organophosphorus compounds, derivatives of thiophosphoric acid and dithiophosphoric acid, phosphoramides Reactivators of acetylcholine esterase, insecticidal carbamates, insecticides derived from urea, quinazolines Insecticidal formamidines, s-triazines, substances affecting behaviour of insects (repellents and attractants), rodenticides and fumigants Fungicides, classification according to way of action, inorganic fungicides, organic fungicides, fungicides based on derivatives of dithiocarbamic acid, perchloromethyl mercaptans, aromatic polychlorinated compounds. Derivatives of carboxylic acids (preservation preparations), fungicidal derivatives of acid amides, heterocyclic fungicides (derivatives of morpholine, derivatives of imidazole, triazole and isoxazole, derivatives of benzimidazole, pyrimidine and quinoxaline). Substances for special purposes, nitrification inhibitors, substances slowing down maturation of crops (derivatives of s-triazine) Innovations in the chemistry of pesticides.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • unspecified - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The student will recognize main classes of substances used. He will study synthesis, properties, and application of pesticides; the topic covers advanced chemistry of the main three classes of pesticides: herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides; the principal routes of their chemical and biological degradation. He also will concern with synthesis of pesticides intermediates as well.
The student will be instructed on main types of substances used for plants and animals protection, their preparation and application properties.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of organic chemistry.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

examination
Recommended literature
  • Fest C., Schmidt K. J. The Chemistry of Oranophosphorus pesticide, 1973 Springer - Verlage Berlin, Heidelberg, New York..
  • Matolcsy Gy., Nádasy M., Andriska V. Pesticide Chemistry. Akadémiai Kiádó, Budapest., 1988.


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