CHEMISTRY
cod. 00088

Academic year 2010/11
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Biochimica (BIO/10)
Field
Discipline della struttura, funzione e metabolismo delle molecole di interesse biologico
Type of training activity
Basic
52 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
hub: -
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: PROPAEDEUTIC CHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY

Learning objectives

Knowledge of the fundamentals of chemistry, with particular attention to the equilibria in aqueous solutions and to the chemistry of compounds of natural origin.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Structure of the atom. The periodic table of the elements. Molecules and chemical bonding. Ionic and covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interactions. Molecular models: Lewis structures, valence bond, hybrid orbitals, resonance, sigma and pi bonds. Geometry of molecules and ions.
Gases: laws of ideal gases, partial pressure. Liquids: properties, changes of state, phase diagram of water. Solutions: concentration, molarity, colligative properties, Osmosis. Chemical reactions: Acid-base reactions, conjugated acids and bases, pH. Titrations. Stoichiometry. Dynamic equilibrium and equilibrium constant in solution. Dissociation constant for weak acids and bases. Buffer solutions. Hydrolysis. Redox reactions. Standard half-cell potentials, Nernst equation, prediction of the direction of a redox reaction. Thermodinamics: state functions, first and second principle, entropy, frre energy change of a reaction, relationship to equilibrium constant and to the difference in reduction potentials.
Rate of reaction, effect of the temperature.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Textbook: Silberberg, M.S 'Chimica - La natura molecolare della materia e delle sue trasformazioni' Editore McGrow-Hill

Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

written and oral examination

Other information

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