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CH 2250 - Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
The course concisely focuses on what students need to know in order to continue with biochemistry in the next quarter. Basic nomenclature rules will be introduced. Important functional groups involved in biological molecules will be studied. This includes alcohols, amines, amides, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Correlations will be made with important biomolecules such as neurotransmitters, cholesterol, and proteins. (not open to engineering majors) (prereq: CH 2050 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • 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
  • Classify carbohydrates, describe chemical structure and properties of mono, di and polysaccharides
Prerequisites by Topic
  • None
Course Topics
  • 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
  • Name amine and amides, physical and chemical properties, biological important amines
  • Carbohydrate chemistry, types of carbohydrates, fischer and Haworth structures, chemical properties, di and polysaccharides
Laboratory Topics
  • 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)
Coordinator
Vipin Paliwal


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