This course does not cover the same material as a medical school biochemistry course. Students wanting such a course should take Biology 152. Members of the Department 157 Medicinal Chemistry. Molecular-level mechanism of action of compounds useful in human medicine. Introduces the biochemistry of a biological system relevant to a particular disease process, then focuses on the detailed interaction of chemotherapeutic agents with the system.
Material is drawn principally from the primary literature.
Course is not comprehensive. Fall 2001 and alternate years. Atomic and molecular structure. Symmetry operations and symmetry point groups. Chemical bonding in inorganic and coordination compounds.