Organic Chemistry for Health Care
This course will be introductory for all health care students, given in their first or second year.
- Molecular
Structure & Bonds - Hydrocarbons
& Alcohols
- Carbonyls
& Amines
- Types of Reactions
- Lab
Techniques
- Biologically Important
Molecules
Molecular Structure and Bonds
- Structural Formula
- Lewis Dot Structures and Other Structures
- Index of Hydrogen Deficiency
- Functional Groups
- Nomeclature
- Bonding – α and π bonds
- Hybridization
- Dipole Movements
- Stereochemistry
- Isomerism and Chirality
- Absolute and Relative Configuration
- Observed Rotation
- Stereoisomers, Enantiomers and Diastereomers
Hydrocarbons and Alcohols
- Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
- Alkenes
- Benzene
- Ethers
- Epoxides
- Acidities of the Functional Groups
Carbonyls and Amines
- The Carbonyl Group
- Aldehydes and Ketones – Physical and Chemical Properties
- α and β Unsaturated Carbonyls
- Carboxylic Acids – Physical Properties
- Amines
- Amides
- β-Lactams
- Phosphoric Acid
Substitution and Elimination Reactions
- Reactions and Synthesis of Alcohols
- Catalytic Hydrogenation
- Combustion
- Synthesis of Alkenes
- Electrophilic Addition
- Substitution Reactions
- SN1 and SN2
- Aldol Condensation
- Halogenation and Haloform Reactions
- The Wittig Reaction
- Decarboxylation
- Condensation with Ketones
- Wolff-Kishner Reduction
- Alkylation and The Hofmann Elimination The Hofmann Degradation
Electrophillic Addition Reactions
Nucleophilic Addition and Cycloaddition Reactions
Lab Techniques
- NMR
- IR Spectroscopy
- UV spectroscopy
- Visible Spectrum
- Mass Spectrometry
- Chromatography
- Distillation
- Crystallization
- Extraction
Biologically Important organic molecules
- Fatty Acids
- Amino Acids
- Carbohydrates
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