Completion of CHEM 2 with grade of C or better. Chemistry of the compounds of carbon, molecular structural relationships, properties, and reaction mechanisms are covered. Laboratory work includes the synthesis and characterization of carbon compounds. CHEM 2 with grade of C or better. Continuation of CHEM 107, with further emphasis on aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic and heterocyclic compounds of carbon.
Laboratory includes the synthesis and characterization of organic compounds.
A study of the nature of the chemical constituents of living mat- ter, the functions and transformation of these chemical entities in biological systems, and the chemical changes associated with these t ransformations in the course of the activity of living matter. Continuation of CHEM 130, with further emphasis on protein and nucleotide metabolism, biochemical genetics, enzyme mechanisms and kinetics, biochemistry of membrane transport, vision, immunology, hormone action, and virology. The chemistry of informational macromolecules, gene structure and expression, and cell cycle regulation. Relationship between molecular form and biological function. Practical experience with computer programs in the study of molecular structure of proteins, nucleic acids and viruses.