1. Laboratory work. a) Analytical: Basic operations for the purification of organic compounds and the separation of mixtures (recrystallization, distillation, extraction, chromatography). b) Synthetic: Four one-step syntheses.2. Theory. Introduction to IR, and NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.

Exercises in interpretation of molecular spectra

Principles of molecular recognition: cation/anion complexation and their technological applications; complexation of neutral molecules in aqueous solution; non-covalent interactions involving aromatic rings; hydrogen bonding; molecular sef-assembly - a chemical approach towards nanostructures; thermodynamics and kinetics of complexation processes; synthesis of receptors; template effects.

Practical introduction to important experimental methods in physical and analytical chemistry.