Unit CHEMISTRY

Course
School of dental medicine
Study-unit Code
GP003672
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Davide Chiasserini
Teachers
  • Davide Chiasserini
Hours
  • 30 ore - Davide Chiasserini
CFU
5
Course Regulation
Coorte 2023
Offered
2023/24
Learning activities
Base
Area
Struttura, funzione e metabolismo delle molecole d'interesse biologico
Academic discipline
BIO/10
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents

Principles and laws of general chemistry. Characteristics of the main functional groups of Organic Chemistry. Molecular structure of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
Reference texts

Chimica e Propedeutica Biochimica. F.A. Bettelheim, W.H. Brown, M.K. Campbell, S.O. Farrell, O.J. Torres. - EdiSES
Chimica e Propedeutica Biochimica L. Binaglia, B. Giardina - Mc Graw Hill Ed.

Chimica medica e propedeutica biochimica. T. Bellini. - Zanichelli.


Educational objectives

Knowledge of the structure and properties of chemical compounds. Knowledge of the principles and chemical-physical mechanisms by which chemical compounds can interact and regulate processes of biological interest.
Prerequisites
3, 15
Knowledge of the basic principles of chemistry and mathematics.
Teaching methods

Lessons
Other information

75% compulsory attendance required.
Learning verification modality

Written test with exercises and multiple choice questions
Extended program

Atomic Structure. Atomic orbitals. Periodic table of elements. Stable and radioactive isotopes. Mole and Avogadro's number. Ionic and covalent chemical bonds. Electronegativity of the elements and polarity of the molecules. Hybridization of orbitals and geometry of the molecules. Resonance and electron delocalized bonds. Intermolecular bonds. Nomenclature of inorganic compounds. States of matter. Internal pressure and condensation process of real gases; changes of state. Properties of liquids and solutions. Unit of concentration of solutions, vapor pressure, surface tension, osmotic pressure. Electrolytes and chemical equilibria in solution. Acids and bases. Calculation of pH: solutions of acids, bases, salts. Acid-base buffers. Chemical kinetics. Oxidation-reduction processes.
Structure and nomenclature of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, cycloalkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons. Conformational stereoisomerism. Geometric configurational stereoisomerism. Principal reactions of different classes of hydrocarbons: substitution reactions and addition. Optical stereoisomerism. Convention of Fischer and R/S. Structure and chemical properties of functional groups and main classes of organic compounds: alcohols, thiols; ethers and sulphides; amines; aldehydes and ketones; carboxylic acids; esters and amides. Heterocyclic compounds. Thermodynamics of the reactions. Molecular structure of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
3,15
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