PROPAEDEUTIC CHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY
cod. 12883

Academic year 2022/23
1° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
RAMONI Roberto
integrated course unit
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide the student with the essential elements of chemistry needed to approach the following course of biochemistry. The course is divided into two modules whose specific objectives are reported below.
CHEMISTRY: The student must demonstrate understanding of the foundational concepts of general chemistry and to know how to apply both in the resolution of exercises (stoichiometry, balancing reactions, thermodynamic measurements) and in describing the studied phenomena.
PROPAEDEUTIC CHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY: The module 'Propaedeutic Biochemistry', is part of the integrated course 'Propaedeutic Chemistry Biochemistry'. The main objective of the course is to provide the student with the fundamentals of organic chemistry in view of the subsequent course of Veterinary Biochemistry. The course will start from the different hybridization states of the carbon atom, and its ability to form complex compounds through covalent bonds with other atoms and/or substituents. The structures, chemical and physical properties, and reactivity of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, amines, carboxylic acids and their derivatives will then be subjects of the course. A further chapter will concern the isomers of molecules of organic molecules (conformational, geometric and optical isomers). Particular emphasis will be given to the intermolecular forces (dipole-dipole interactions, Van Der Waals interactions and hydrogen bonds) that are responsible for the aggregation of both organic and biological matter, and for the stabilization of the conformations of the structure of macromolecules.

Prerequisites

no

Course unit content

Basic principles of General and Organic Chemistry

Full programme

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Bibliography

Chang, Fondamenti di Chimica generale, McGraw-Hill

Harold Hart, Christopher M Hadad, Leslie E Craine, David J Hart- Chimica Organica, settima edizione, 2012 - Zanichelli

Teaching methods

Lectures in the classrom

Assessment methods and criteria

The verification of the achievement of the objectives foresees a single exam concerning the two modules of 'Chemistry' and ‘Propaedeutics biochemistry’.
The exam foresees a written test for each module that, once passed, is discussed in a brief interview, where the student must demonstrate good understanding and ability to describe and integrate the topics covered by the course.
The capacity for expression through a terminology appropriate to the subject is considered essential.
Students with a diagnosis of specific learning disorders (DSA), certified according to the law n. 170/2010 will be granted the benefits provided by law.

Other information

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