Lecture

Date

Material Covered

Assignments Due

 

1

Jan 12

Course Introduction

Chemical Calculations

AJ:  Fundamentals A-G

 

2

Jan 14

Solutions:  Precipitation Reactions and Solubility

AJ:  Fundamentals I

AJ:  Ch 11.8 – 11.14

 

3

Jan 19

Acid/Base Reactions

AJ:  Fundamentals J

AJ:  Ch 10, 11.1 – 11.7

Problem Set 1 Due

 

 

Jan 21

Quiz 1

 

4

Jan 26

Redox Reactions

AJ:  Fundamentals K

 

5

Jan 28

Organic Chemistry: 

Functional Groups, Common Reactions

AJ: Ch 18 and 19

 

6

Feb 2

Intermolecular Forces

Introduction to thinking about biology chemically

AJ:  Ch 5.2 – 5.5

CF:  Ch 1 and 2

 

 

Feb 4

Test 1

 

7

Feb 9

Amino Acids 1:  Basics

CF:  Ch 3.1 – 3.2

 

8

Feb 11

Amino Acids 2:  Behaviour

AJ:  19.8

CF:  Ch 3.3 – 3.5

 

9

Feb 16

Proteins 1: Structure

AJ:  19.13

CF:  Ch 4

Problem Set 2 Due

 

 

Feb 18

Quiz 2

 

10

Feb 23

Techniques 1:  UV-Visible Spectrophotometry

AJ:  p 136 - 137

Handout

 

11

Feb 25

Proteins 2:  Kinetics

 

AJ:  Ch 13.15

CF:  Ch 6.1 – 6.4

 

12

Mar 2

Kinetics contŐd

CF:  Ch 6.5 – 6.7

 

 

Mar 4

Test 2

 

13

Mar 9

Carbohydrates 1:  Simple Sugars

Course Drop Deadline tomorrow (Mar 10)

AJ:  19.14

 

14

Mar 11

Carbohydrates 2:  Polymers

 

 

 

Mar 16

Spring Break

 

 

Mar 18

 

15

Mar 23

 

Problem Set 3 Due

 

 

Mar 25

Quiz 3

 

16

Mar 30

Nucleic Acids

AJ:  19.15

CF:  Ch 9.1 – 9.5

 

17

Apr 1

Lipids

CF:  Ch 8.1 – 8.6

 

18

Apr 6

 

 

 

 

Apr 8

 

 

19

Apr 13

Case Study 1:  Alcohol Dehydrogenase

 

 

20

Apr 15

Case Study 2:  Glycosyl hydrolases

Problem Set 4 Due

 

 

Apr 20

Quiz 4

 

21

Apr 22

Final Exam Review