Chemical approaches to the prevention and remediation of pollution. May not be taken for credit after Chemistry 201 has been taken for credit. Laboratory introduces students to basic experimental techniques of organic chemistry. One laboratory meeting per week. A continuation of study of organic compounds with emphasis on theoretical treatment of structures and reactions.
Laboratory includes introduction to spectroscopic determinations of organic structures.
One laboratory meeting per week. Topics include carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids, alkaloids, steroids and terpenes. Physical chemistry and its application to biochemical systems. Topics include necessary mathematical background, thermodynamics applied to intermediary metabolism, enzyme kinetics, equilibria, antigen antibody interactions, chemistry of respiration, and physical properties of proteins. Chemical thermodynamics with an introduction to statistical mechanics and applications to solution chemistry.