CH 2251 - Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences

• Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:
• Name and draw structural formulas of organic compounds, describe bonding and isomerism, identify functional groups, conformations, properties of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes
• Describe aromatic compounds and benzene structure, properties and uses
• Classify alcohols, phenols, thiols and ethers, identify alcohol groups biological molecules  describe hydrogen bonding, chemical properties of alcohols
• Describe physical and chemical properties of aldehydes and ketones, industrial and biologically important aldehydes and ketones
• Describe physical and chemical properties of carboxylic acids and esters
• Classify amines and assign names, recognize key reactions, names amines as neurotransmitters, give uses of specific biological amines like epinephrine, amphetamines and alkaloids
• Name amides, show hydrogen bonding, give products of acid and base hydrolysis, make connection with biological amides in peptides and proteins
• Understand protein chemistry: identify structure of 20 amino acids, organic chemistry of peptide bond formation,  describe proteins in terms of size, fibrous, globular, structural hierarchy, explain hydrolysis & denaturation
• Understand carbohydrate chemistry: structure of monosaccharides, Fischer & Haworth structures, structure and chemical properties, di and polysaccharides, describe stereoisomerism, write organic reactions of oxidation, reduction and glycoside bond formation
• Understand lipid chemistry: classify lipids, draw structures of fats and oils, describe their chemical properties, describe phosphoglycerides, sphingolipids, describe major features of sphingolipids, identify steroids
• Understand nucleic acid chemistry: identify structures of nucleotides and nucleosides describe structure of DNA, RNA, AMP, ADP, ATP
• Organic and inorganic compounds comparison, Nomenclature of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, isomerism, conformations, physical and chemical properties, polymers of alkenes
• Aromatic compounds, benzene derivatives,  properties and uses
• Naming and classifying alcohols, physical properties, reactions of alcohols. phenols, ether, thiol their biochemical importance, ether anesthetics
• Naming aldehydes and ketones, physical properties, chemical properties: oxidation, hydrogenation, hemi-actal. Important aldehydes and ketones, chiral molecules, fischer projections
• Naming carboxylic acids and esters, physical properties, reactions of carboxylic acids and esters, alph hydroxacids
• Naming amine and amides, physical and chemical properties, biological important amines
• Protein chemistry: alpha amino acids, reactions of peptide bond formation, size, function, fibrous, globular, structural hierarchy of proteins, hydrolysis & denaturation of proteins
• Carbohydrate chemistry: types of carbohydrates, Fischer & Haworth structures, structure and chemical properties, di and polysaccharides, describe stereoisomerism, write reactions of oxidation, reduction and glycoside bond formation
• Lipid chemistry: classification of lipids, structures of fats and oils, describe their chemical properties, describe phosphoglycerides, sphingolipids, describe major features of sphingolipids, identify steroids
• Understand nucleic acid chemistry: identify structures of nucleotides and nucleosides describe structure of DNA, RNA, AMP, ADP, ATP

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• Organic and inorganic compounds comparison, Nomenclature of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, isomerism, conformations, physical and chemical properties, polymers of alkenes
• Aromatic compounds, benzene derivatives,  properties and uses
• Naming and classifying alcohols, physical properties, reactions of alcohols. phenols, ether, thiol their biochemical importance, ether anesthetics
• Naming aldehydes and ketones, physical properties, chemical properties: oxidation, hydrogenation, hemi-actal. Important aldehydes and ketones, chiral molecules, fischer projections
• Naming carboxylic acids and esters, physical properties, reactions of carboxylic acids and esters, alph hydroxacids
• Naming amine and amides, physical and chemical properties, biological important amines
• Protein chemistry: alpha amino acids, reactions of peptide bond formation, size, function, fibrous, globular, structural hierarchy of proteins, hydrolysis & denaturation of proteins
• Carbohydrate chemistry: types of carbohydrates, Fischer & Haworth structures, structure and chemical properties, di and polysaccharides, describe stereoisomerism, write reactions of oxidation, reduction and glycoside bond formation
• Lipid chemistry: classification of lipids, structures of fats and oils, describe their chemical properties, des
• Nucleic acid chemistry: nucleotides, nucleosides, structures of DNA, RNA, AMP, ADP, ATPcribe phosphoglycerides, sphingolipids, describe major features of sphingolipids, identify steroids

• Introduction to Organic chemistry techniques (Handout)
• Reactions of hydrocarbons (pg.241)
• Alcohols and Phenols (pg. 253)
• Aldehydes and Ketones (pg. 265)
• Carboxylic acids and estes (pg. 289)
• Aspirin synthesis (pg. 303)
• Testing aspirin products (pg. 309)
• Saponification and soaps (pg. 345)