Course: Chemistry for Biologists 2

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Course title Chemistry for Biologists 2
Course code KCB/CHPB2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fuksová Markéta, Mgr.
  • Bieleszová Kristýna, Mgr.
  • Klos Dardan, Mgr.
  • Doležal Karel, Mgr. Dr.
  • Žukauskaite Asta, Dr., Ph.D.
  • Hönig Martin, Mgr.
  • Plíhalová Lucie, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bryksová Magdaléna, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Chrenko Daniel, Mgr.
  • Kubaláková Beáta, Mgr.
  • Pospíšil Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Biogenous elements, carbon, binding capacity of carbon, bond types, stereochemistry of molecules, isomerism. Nomenclature of organic compounds. Reaction mechanisms. Inductive and mesomeric effects. Homolysis and heterolysis. Substitution, elimination, addition and rearrangement reactions. Oxidation and reduction of organic compounds. Carbohydrates: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic compounds. Hydroxoderivatives: alcohols and phenols. Ethers. Amines. Nitrocompounds. Carbonyl compounds: aldehydes and ketones. Carboxylic acids and their functional (halogenides, anhydrides, amides, esters) and substitutional (hydroxyacids, oxoacids) derivatives. Carbonic acid derivatives. Heterocyclic compounds. 5-, 6-membered rings with O, S, N. Purine and pyrimidine derivatives, DNA, RNA. Alkaloids. Aminoacids. Peptidic bond and their properties. Peptides and proteins, enzymes. Vitamins. Saccharides: mono-, oligo- and polysaccharides. Reactions of saccharides. Derivatives of saccharides, glycosides. Lipids: simple and compound lipids. Photosynthesis (primary and secondary processes). Catabolic processes. Oxidation. Glycolysis and following aerobic and anaerobic processes. Terpenes and steroids.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The object of the lectures is to learn basics of organic chemistry relationship in biological systems. It constists of following chaptures: Biogenous elements, carbon, binding capacity of carbon, bond types, stereochemistry of molecules, isomerism. Nomenclature of organic compounds. Reaction mechanisms. Inductive and mesomeric effects.Steric effects. Homolysis and heterolysis. Substitution, elimination, addition and rearrangement reactions. Oxidation and reduction of organic compounds. Carbohydrates: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic compounds. Hydroxoderivatives: alcohols and phenols. Ethers. Amines. Nitrocompounds. Carbonyl compounds: aldehydes and ketones. Carboxylic acids and their functional (halogenides, anhydrides, amides, esters) and substitutional (hydroxyacids, aminoacids, oxoacids) derivatives. Carbonic acid derivatives. Heterocyclic compounds. 5-, 6-membered rings with O, S, N. Purine and pyrimidine derivatives, DNA, RNA. Alkaloids. Aminoacids. Peptidic bond and their properties. Peptides and proteins, enzymes. Vitamins. Saccharides: mono-, oligo- and polysaccharides. Reactions of saccharides. Derivatives of saccharides, glycosides. Lipids: simple and compound lipids. Biomolecules and their chemical principles.
Describe and explain: Biogenous elements, carbon, binding capacity of carbon, bond types, stereochemistry of molecules, isomerism. Nomenclature of organic compounds. Reaction mechanisms. Inductive and mesomeric effects. Homolysis and heterolysis. Substitution, elimination, addition and rearrangement reactions. Oxidation and reduction of organic compounds. Carbohydrates: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic compounds. Hydroxoderivatives: alcohols and phenols. Ethers. Amines. Nitrocompounds. Carbonyl compounds: aldehydes and ketones. Carboxylic acids and their functional (halogenides, anhydrides, amides, esters) and substitutional (hydroxyacids, oxoacids) derivatives. Carbonic acid derivatives. Heterocyclic compounds. 5-, 6-membered rings with O, S, N. Purine and pyrimidine derivatives, DNA, RNA. Alkaloids. Aminoacids. Peptidic bond and their properties. Peptides and proteins, enzymes. Vitamins. Saccharides: mono-, oligo- and polysaccharides. Reactions of saccharides. Derivatives of saccharides, glycosides. Lipids: simple and compound lipids. Photosynthesis (primary and secondary processes). Catabolic processes. Oxidation. Glycolysis and following aerobic and anaerobic processes. Terpenes and steroids.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

80% fruitfulness in exam
Recommended literature
  • Červinka O., Dědek V., Ferles M. (1980). Organická chemie. SNTL Praha.
  • Lucie Szüčov. (2011). Chemie pro biology II.. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Olomouc 2011.
  • N.A. Campbell, b. williamson, R.j. Heyden:. (2006). Biology: Exploring Life.. Boston, Massachusetts, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.
  • Raymond, K.W. (2006). General, Organic and Biological Chemistry: an integrated approach. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
  • Solomons G., Fryhle C. (1999). Organic Chemistry 7th. John Wiley & Sons, New York.


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