Unit CHEMISTRY
- Course
- School of dental medicine
- Study-unit Code
- GP003672
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Davide Chiasserini
- Teachers
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- 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