Course: Inorganic and organic chemistry

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Course title Inorganic and organic chemistry
Course code KAZ/CHAO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Windrichová Jindra, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Feketeová Mária Nela, Mgr.
  • Vaňous Jan, Ing.
  • Turková Sedláčková Terezie, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures 1. Periodic table. Periodicity of properties of elements and their compounds. The structure of crystalline substances. Stereochemistry of inorganic compounds. 2. Hydrogen, hydrides. Oxygen, oxides. Water. Elemental nonmetals. Halogens. Chalcogens. Noble gases. 3. Chemistry of non-transitional elements and their compounds. Elemental metals. Non-transition metals (s-elements, p-elements). 4. Chemistry of transition elements and their compounds. Coordination compounds. 5. Use and importance of important elements and their compounds in practice. Biogenic elements. The most important inorganic components of tissues. Ions of the internal environment. Active and passive transport of ions. Biological importance of sodium, potassium, calcium and iron. 6. Basic principles of organic chemistry. 7. Alkanes and cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes. Arenas. Halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons. 8. Alcohols, phenols and quinones. Aldehydes and ketones. Carboxylic acids. 9. Amino acids, structure of peptides. Organic substances containing sulfur or nitrogen. 10. The most important heterocyclic compounds. Pyrrole and tetrapyrrole derivatives, heme and bile dyes. Derivatives of indole, thiazole, pyridine, imidazole, pyrimidine, purine, isoalloxazine, pteridine. 11. Chemistry of carbohydrates. Monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides. Heteropolysaccharides and their components. 12. Chemistry of lipids. Higher fatty acids. Fats. Steroid substances. Cholesterol and bile acids. Steroid hormones. Terpenes. 13. Structure of nucleic acids. Pyrimidine and purine bases. Polynucleotides. 14. Basic structure of RNA and DNA. 15. Repetition of selected parts of the subject matter. Practicals 1. - 2. Solutions. Acids and bases. Periodicity of properties of elements and their compounds. Stereochemistry. 3. - 4. Principles of determination of biologically significant ions. 5. - 6. Basic principles of imaging inorganic structures. 7. - 8. Basic principles of imaging organic structures. 9. - 10. Principles of organic synthesis. 11. - 12. Determination of basic organic groups. 13. - 14. Toxicity of selected inorganic and organic substances. Chemical nature of nutrients. Vitamins and trace elements. Toxins in food. 15. Credit test.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 45 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 15 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to explain the principles of chemical nomenclature
Skills
to express chemical names through formulas and vice versa
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
interprets the relationship of inorganic and organic chemistry to medicine
describes the basic components of biochemical systems
explaines the chemical nature of nutrients
Skills
masters the basics of inorganic and organic chemistry
creates formulas of compounds according to their names
produces the name of the compound according to the formula
displays the structure of inorganic and organic compounds with structural formulas
expresses chemical processes using reaction schemes and equations
determines biologically significant ions and basic organic structures
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Skills
Practicum
Competences
Lecture
Practicum
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Test
Skills
Oral exam
Test
Competences
Oral exam
Test
Recommended literature
  • HAUSECROFT Catherine E. a Alan G. SHARPE. Anorganická chemie.. Praha: VŠCHT v Praze, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7080-872-6.
  • KOTVALTOVÁ SEZEMSKÁ Karolína. Názvosloví organických sloučenin.. Praha: Academia - nakladatelství, 2020. ISBN 978-80-200-3075-7.
  • PACÁK, Josef. Jak porozumět organické chemii. 3. vyd.. Praha: Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1837-1.
  • TOMANDL, Josef, Jiří DOSTÁL, Hana PAULOVÁ a Eva TÁBORSKÁ. Základy lékařské chemie a biochemie. 4. dotisk 1. vyd.. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2020. ISBN 978-80-210-6973-2.


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