General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry.

Catalog description

Presents knowledge of concepts of chemical principles in general inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry. A basic introduction to measurements, ionic and covalent compounds, chemical calculations, states of mater, energy, solutions, reactions, chemical bonding, equilibrium, kinetics, thermodynamics, acid-base reactions, nuclear reactions, structures and simple reactions of common organic functional groups, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and proteins. Designed for those in allied health fields. Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 2 hours.