Principles of Biological Chemistry
Fundamentos de Química Biológica
Curse code:9554103
Maria Gabriela Machado De Almeida
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
This CU aims to provide students with a solid knowledge in fundamental areas of General Chemistry and Biological Chemistry. After attending the CU, the student should be able to:
- Handle laboratory material and equipment properly.
- Have basics notions on chemical bonding and molecular structure.
- Know the properties of aqueous solutions and measure their concentrations.
- Be familiarized with the main types of chemical reactions and their equilibrium.
- Know the main properties of biological molecules.
- Propose separation methods of components from different types of mixtures.
- Develop skills on calculations, analysis and critical reasoning.
Syllabus:
Lectures:
- CHEMISTRY OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS.
- CHEMICAL BOND
- REACTIONS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
Acid-Base Equilibrium.
Oxidation-Reduction Equilibrium.
Solubility Equilibrium.
Formation of complexes. - BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY
- SEPARATION AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
Theoretical / practical classes:
All topics related to laboratory work (safety rules) and to data treatment (errors, plotting, linear regression) will be addressed In the first theoretical-practical class (TP).
In the week following every practical class (PL), the TP class will begin with the critical analysis of the results obtained in the previous PL.
In the remaining classes as well as in all other TP, students will solve exercises related with the concepts taught in the theoretical classes (stoichiometry, preparation of aqueous solutions, chemical bonding, acid-base, solubility and redox equilibria, complex formation, organic chemistry).
In the week following every practical class (PL), the TP class will begin with the critical analysis of the results obtained in the previous PL.
In the remaining classes as well as in all other TP, students will solve exercises related with the concepts taught in the theoretical classes (stoichiometry, preparation of aqueous solutions, chemical bonding, acid-base, solubility and redox equilibria, complex formation, organic chemistry).
Suggested Bibliography:
- Chang R (1994) Química, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill, Lisboa
- Vogel A (1989) Vogel's Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 5th ed., Essex, Longman Sci.Tech
- Pombeiro AJL (1991) Técnicas e Operações Unitárias em Química Laboratorial, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa
- Skoog D, West D & Holler F (1992) Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, Saunders College Publishing, 6th ed., New York
- Coultate, T., (2009) Food: The Chemistry of its Components, 5th ed., RSC Publishing, Cambridge