UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION
Salinas Drive, Lahug Cebu City
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
SYLLABUS IN
CHEMISTRY and PHARMACY of ORGANIC MEDICINALS (LABORATORY)
I. Course Code
:
ChemPh 4L
II. Course Title
:
Chemistry and Pharmacy of Organic Medicinals
III. Course Units
:
unit – 3 hours laboratory per week
IV. Course Description
:
This course deals with the study of organic medicinal according to their occurrence in nature, their properties,
preparation and synthesis. It also discusses the uses and doses of these to humans.
V. General Objectives of the course:
During and after the course the students are expected to:
Cognitive
 Identify the different organic medicinal substances and products used pharmaceutically and medicinally;
Psychomotor
 Demonstrate and show the physical and chemical methods of preparation, their pharmacologic and physiologic effects the dosage form and dose
in which they are used and administered; and their significance to Pharmacy and Medicine;
Affective
 Apply and use the knowledge obtained to execute competence in serving the community.
SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES
During and after the class sessions for
the Prelims, the students are expected
to:
1. review and familiarize USPF’s and
CoPh’s VMG as well as be oriented
with the course requirements, college
policies and the grading system;
2. prepare ethyl alcohol by fermentation
of sugar;
3. prepare acetanilide from glacial acetic
acid and acetic enhydrides;
4. perform the experiment on benzyl
alcohol & benzoic acid by Cannizzaro
reaction.
CONTENT
TIME ALLOTMENT
TEACHING STRATEGIES
EVALUATION
PRELIM PERIOD
1. Orientation
1 hour
Socialized discussion
4 hours
Pre-lab discussion
Quiz
4 hours
4 hours
Laboratory experiments
Lab manual ratings
Post-lab discussion
Oral test
1.1 USPF’s and CoPh’s VMG and
Core Values
1.2 course Requirements, College
Policies and grading Systems
II. Preparation of ethyl alcohol by
fermentation of sugar.
III. Acetanilide
IV. Benzyl alcohol and Benzoic acid
Prelim Examination
1 hour
Periodic
examination
During and after the class sessions for
the Midterms, the students are expected
to:
1. prepare salicylic acid from oil of
wintergreen and Sodium Hydroxide
2. synthesized methyl salicylate using
salicylic using salicylic acid &
methanol;
3. produced aspirin from salicylic acid
and acetic alhydride.
MIDTERM PERIOD
I. Salicylic Acid
II. Methyl Salicylate
III. Aspirin
5 hours
4 hours
4hours
Quiz
Pre-lab discussion
Lab manual rating
Laboratory Experiments
Oral test
Post-lab discussion
Midterm Examination
1 hour
Periodic
Examination
SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES
During and after the class session for the
Semi – finals, the students are expected
to:
1. perform experiment on sulfanilamide
2. prepare phenol by diatization
CONTENT
TIME ALLOTMENT
TEACHING STRATEGIES
EVALUATION
1. Sulfanilamide
6 hours
Pre-lab discussion
Quiz
II. Phenol
6 hours
Laboratory Experiments
Lab manual ratings
1 hour
Post-lab discussion
Oral test
SEMI – FINAL PERIOD
Semi-final Examination
Periodic
Examination
During and after the class sessions for
the Final, the students are expected to:
FINAL PERIOD
6 hours
Pre-lab discussion
Quiz
Laboratory Experiments
Lab manual ratings
Post-lab discussion
Oral test
I. Mannitol
1. prepare mannitol from mannose
II. Lidocaine
6 hours
2. perform experiment on lidocaine
Final Examination
1 hour
Periodic
Examination
VI. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. Class attendance
2. Quizzes
3. Four major examinations
Prelim, midterm, semi final and final
4. Presentation of report through power point
Grading system (For prelim, midterm, semi final and final)
A. Class standing ------------------------------------------- 60%
(includes quizzes, seat work, oral recitation, reports)
Periodic examination results ---------------------------- 40%
B. Current initial grade --------------------------------------60%
Previous grade ---------------------------------------------- 40%
VII. INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES:
A. Books
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Ault, Addison. Techniques & Experiments for Organic Chemistry. Allyn & bacon, Inc. :Boston.
Fieser, Louis F. & Kenneth I. Williamson. Organic Experiments. D.C. Health & Comp.: Toronto.
Morrison, Robert Thomton & Robert Neilson Boyd. Organic Chemistry. 5th edition, Allyn & bacon, Inc.: Boston.
Osor, Arthur & john B. Hover ed. Remington Pharmaceutical Sciences. Mack Publishing Co.: Eastern Pennsylvania.
United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.: the United States Pharmacopeia & The National Formulary, Mack Printing Comp.: Easton
Pennylvania.
 Wilcox, Charles F. Jr. Experimental Organic Chemistry Theory and Practice, McMilan Publishing Co: New York.