Lecture

Date

Material Covered

Assignments

1

Jan 12

Course Introduction

Chemical Calculations

AJ:  Fundamentals A-H

(AJ Problems: A.25, A.27, A.29, B.15, B.19, B.20, C.13, C.17, D.1, D.3, D.5, D.9, D.15, E.1, E.5, E.7, E.15, E.19, E.25, F.1, F.5, F.9, F.15, G.7, G.11, G.13, G.17, G.23, H.5, H.7, H.13, H.21)

2

Jan 14

Solutions: 

Precipitation Reactions and Solubility

AJ:  Fundamentals I

AJ:  Ch 11.8 – 11.9

(AJ Problems:  I.3, I.5, I.13, I.15, 11.51, 11.57)

3

Jan 19

Intermolecular Forces and

Introduction to thinking about biology chemically

AJ:  Ch 5.2 – 5.5

CF:  Ch 1 and 2

(CF Problems:  1.3, 1.6, 1.36, 1.37, 1.39, 1.42, 1.43, 2.7, 2.13, 2.15, 2.18, 2.25, 2.29, 2.31, 2.32, 2.37, 2.41)

 

Jan 21

Quiz 1

4

Jan 26

Organic Chemistry 1: 

Hydrocarbon naming and Functional Groups

AJ: Ch 18.1 – 18.5, 18.7 and 19.1 – 19.8

(AJ Problems:  18.1, 18.13, 18.35, 18.43, 19.1, 19.3, 19.7, 19.13, 19.23, 19.33)

 

5

Jan 28

Organic Chemistry 2:

Common Reactions: Nucleophilic substitution, General Acid-Base catalysis and Condensation reactions

CF: 7.6

AJ:  19.10

(AJ Problems:  19.25, 19.27, 19.29, 19.30 and CF Problems:  7.37 – 7.40)

Problem Set 1 Due

6

Feb 2

Amino Acids: 

Structure and Behaviour

AJ:  19.8

CF:  Ch 3.1 – 3.5

(AJ Problems:  19.49, 19.51, 19.53 and CF Problems:  3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.14, 3.21, 3.28, 3.29, 3.36, 3.41)

 

Feb 4

Test 1

7

Feb 9

Proteins 1:  Structure

AJ:  19.13

CF:  Ch 4

8

Feb 11

Proteins 2:  Kinetics

 

AJ:  Ch 13.15

CF:  Ch 6.1 – 6.4

(CF Problems: 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.17, 6.18, 6.22, 6.23, 6.24, 6.25)

9

Feb 16

(Cont'd)

CF:  Ch 6.5 – 6.7

(CF Problems: 6.26 - 31, 6.33 - 6.52)

Problem Set 2 Due

 

Feb 18

Techniques 1:  UV-Visible Spectrophotometry

AJ:  p. 136 – 137

(CF Problems:  6.14, 6.32)

All CF Chapter 4 and 6 Problems

10

Feb 23

Quiz 2

11

Feb 25

Proteins 3:  Active Sites

 

CF:  7.5 – 7.8

Handout

12

Mar 2

Case Study 1:  Alcohol Dehydrogenase

Case Study 2:  HIV Protease

Handout

 

 

Mar 4

Test 2

13

Mar 9

Carbohydrates

Case Study 3:  Lysozyme

Course Drop Deadline tomorrow (Mar 10)

AJ:  19.14

CF:  Ch 16.1 – 16.5

14

Mar 11

Lipids and Membranes

CF:  Ch 8.1 – 8.6

(CF Problems:  Ch 8:  1, 6, 12, 17, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34)

Problem Set 3 Due

 

Mar 16

Spring Break

 

Mar 18

15

Mar 23

Oxidation/Reduction Reactions

AJ:  Fundamentals K

16

Mar 25

The Chemical Reactions of Life 1: Glycolysis

CF:  Ch 17.1 – 17.5

(CF Problems:  Ch 17:  6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 32, 36, 50)                                

17

Mar 30

 (Cont'd)

 

18

Apr 1

The Chemical Reactions of Life 2:

The Citric Acid Cycle

CF:  Ch 19.1 – 19.9

(CF Problems:  Ch 19:  1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 21, 29, 37, 39, 43, 46, 50)

Quiz 3 (Take Home) Due

19

Apr 6

(Cont'd)

 

20

Apr 8

The Chemical Reactions of Life 3:

Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation

CF:  Ch 20.1 – 20.8

(CF Problems:  Ch 20:  2, 5, 6, 13, 15, 22, 27, 31, 39, 40, 44, 49)

21

Apr 13

(Cont'd)

 

22

Apr 15

(Cont'd)

Problem Set 4 Due

 

Apr 20

Test 3

 

Apr 22

Final Exam Review and Course Evaluations