CH 2251 - Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences

• 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
• Learn classes of amino acids
• Learn chemical structure of proteins
• Learn chemical structure of nucleic acids
• Learn chemical structure of carbohydrates
• Learn chemical structure of lipids

• Classes of chemical bonds
• Organic and inorganic compounds
• Electronegativity and bond polarity
• Shapes of molecules
• Intermolecular forces
• Chemical equation stoichiometry
• Solutes and solvents-polar and non-polar
• Solubility of substances in polar and non-polar solvents

• Organic and inorganic compounds comparison, nomenclature of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, isomerism, conformations, physical and chemical properties, polymers of alkenes (5 classes)
• Aromatic compounds, benzene derivatives, properties and uses (1 class)
• Naming and classifying alcohols, physical properties, reactions of alcohols. phenols, ether, thiol their biochemical importance, ether anesthetics (2 classes)
• Naming aldehydes and ketones, physical properties, chemical properties: oxidation, hydrogenation, hemi-acetal. important aldehydes and ketones, chiral molecules, Fischer projections (3 classes)
• Naming carboxylic acids and esters, physical properties, reactions of carboxylic acids and esters, alpha hydroxacids (3 classes)
• Name amine and amides, physical and chemical properties, biological important amines (3 classes)
• Classes of amino acids based on its chemistry-polar, non-polar, charged, reactions of amino acids (2 classes)
• Structural levels of proteins-primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary (2 classes)
• Structure of nucleic acid bases, nucleotides, phosphodiester bond, DNA and RNA (2 classes)
• Structural classes of carbohydrates-mono, di-, polysaccharides, glycoside bond (2 classes)
• Classes of lipids-nonpolar triacylglycerol, polar phospholipids (2 classes)
• Exams (3 classes)

• Organic Techniques I
• Organic Techniques II
• Reactions of unsaturated hydrocarbons
• Alcohols & Phenols
• Aldehydes and Ketones
• Carboxylic acids and ester
• Aspirin synthesis & Testing aspirin products 
• Amino acid structure
• Carbohydrate Structure