Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

Description

This workbook is designed to complement course content in the second semester of “Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry.”  Thus, the focus is twofold: building foundational knowledge of the chemical structure and behavior of common organic functional groups, and applying concepts in organic chemistry to understand biochemistry and the role biomolecules play. The latter concentrates on biomolecules including carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and metabolic processes.

The exercises train learners how to scaffold their knowledge collaboratively and provoke reflection and assessment of their understanding of the subject matter. The authors, who are peer leaders and faculty, have developed the exercises to focus on the problem-solving activities to be motivating, relevant and meaningful to the pursuit of a career in an allied health field.

The knowledge and skills acquired as a result of the time committed to solving these exercises not only lead to mastering this subject matter, and both inspire appreciation of the study of “General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry” as a fascinating and interesting scientific endeavor as well as facilitate future successes in achieving academic goals toward fulfilling and rewarding careers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• Workshop 1: Acrylic and Cyclic Alkanes: Reactions of saturated hydrocarbons
• Workshop 2: Introduction to common organic molecules: structure and nomenclature
• Workshop 3: Alkenes, alkynes, and aromatic compounds: Reactions of unsaturated hydrocarbons
• Workshop 4: Alcohols, phenols, ethers, thiols and disulfides
• Workshop 5: Aldehydes and ketones
• Workshop 6: Carboxylic acids & their derivatives
• Workshop 7: Amines, amides, and quaternary ammonium ions: Chemistry and physical properties
• Workshop 8: Amino acids, peptides, and proteins
• Workshop 9: Stereochemistry
• Workshop 10: Carbohydrates and carbohydrate metabolism
• Workshop 11: Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
• Workshop 12: Lipids and lipid metabolism
• Workshop 13: Enzymes: Structure and function