CHEM 102 Essentials of Organic & Biochemistry*
The nomenclature, reactions and structure/property relationships of organic compounds. The study of the structure and function of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids and an introduction to major bio-energetic pathways. Prior completion of or concurrent enrollment in BIOL 201 is strongly recommended.
General Education Competency
Scientific Way of Knowing
CHEM 102Essentials of Organic & Biochemistry*
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I. General Information
II. Course Specification
General Education Competency
Scientific Way of Knowing
Credit Hours Narrative
5 Credits
Prerequisite Narrative
CHEM 101 or CHEM 111
Corequisite Narrative
CHEM 102L
III. Catalog Course Description
The nomenclature, reactions and structure/property relationships of organic compounds. The study of the structure and function of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids and an introduction to major bio-energetic pathways. Prior completion of or concurrent enrollment in BIOL 201 is strongly recommended.
IV. Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- Alkynes: draw structures and IUPAC naming.
- Fatty acid metabolism: describe how fatty acids are activated and transported between cell organelles, describe the fundamental steps by which a fatty acid chain is shortened, describe ketone bodies and their uses, describe fatty acid biosynthesis, show how triacylglycerols are synthesized and describe their function, describe the biosynthesis of membrane lipids.
- Alkanes: describe alkane bonding, draw structures including constitutional isomers and stereoisomers and cycloalkanes, IUPAC naming, describe physical properties, write reactions involving alkanes such as halogenation and combustions reactions
- Nucleic acids: describe and draw nucleotides and nucleic acids, describe the three-dimensional structures of DNA and RNA, describe replication of DNA, describe the synthesis of polypeptides from DNA, describe mutations, antibiotics, and viruses as it relates to as it relates to these processes, and describe recombinant DNA technology and its uses
- Alkenes: describe alkene bonding, draw structures including constitutional isomers and stereoisomers, IUPAC naming, write reactions for polymerization and oxidation involving alkenes
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and physiological functions of biochemicals including carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids along with and understanding of the major metabolic pathways including glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and fatty acid synthesis
- Proteins: draw and categorize the α-amino acids, describe pH effects on amino acids, write equations for the synthesis and reactions of peptides, distinguish between primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures of proteins, describe forces that stabilize proteins, describe differences in various representative fibrous and globular proteins, describe mutations and the effects on organisms, describe causes of protein denaturation
- Stereoisomerism: describe and name chiral and achiral molecules, define a tetrahedral stereocenter, describe enantiomers with one or more tetrahedral stereocenters, describe optical activity, describe chiral recognition, and draw and name chiral cyclic molecules.
- Arenes: draw structures and IUPAC naming of constitutional isomers, write substitution reactions, describe arene stability
- Lipids: draw and describe the physical properties of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, triacylglycerols, waxes, glycerophospholipids, shphingolipids, steroids, eicosanoids, and vitamins, write equations for typical reactions involving each of the lipids listed above, describe the structure of biological membranes and the processes involves in transportation across biological membranes
- Carbohydrate metabolism: describe glycolysis and the citric acid cycle, describe gluconeogenesis, describe the role of hormones in the synthesis and breakdown of glycogen, describe how ATP is synthesized by the electron transport chain, and describe the comparative efficiencies of glycolysis and the citric acid cycle
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of each of the main families of organic molecules by learning to draw structures in a variety of forms, to predict relative physical properties between corresponding molecules of different families, and to write chemical equations for illustrative reactions.
- Alcohols, phenols, ethers and sulfur analogues: draw isomers, IUPAC naming, describe their physical properties, write typical reactions
- Aldehydes and ketones: draw isomers, IUPAC naming, describe physical properties, write oxidation and reduction reactions, define hemiacetals and acetals as well as the hydrolysis of each.
- Carboxylic acids, esters, and other derivatives: draw isomers, IUPAC naming in neutral and ionic form, describe physical properties, write reactions for synthesizing carboxylic acids, describe the acidity of carboxylic acids, name and draw carboxylate salts, describe the action of soaps, write saponification reactions, describe phosphate esters and anhydrides and their reactivities.
- Carbohydrates: classify and name aldoses and ketoses, draw cyclic hemiacetals, write equations for mutarotion, oxidation, and acetal formation reactions, describe structures and functions of disaccharides and polysaccharides
- Amines and amides: draw isomers, IUPAC naming in neutral and ionic forms, write equations describing basicity of amines, describe physical properties, and write hydrolysis reactions for amides.
V. Topical Outline (Course Content)
VI. Delivery Methodologies