Course: Basics of chemistry

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Course title Basics of chemistry
Course code TUCH/TP1ZC
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Prucková Zdeňka, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Water and its physical and chemical properties, importance in the organism, oxygen and its inorganic compounds. 2. Chemical properties of the main biogenic elements, biological significance of trace elements, toxicologically significant elements. 3. Amino acids - properties, acid-base behavior, stereochemistry, peptide bond, significance of amino acids, some representatives of biogenic and other amino acids. 4. Peptides and proteins, biological functions, division, properties, significant representatives. 5. Carbohydrates - biological functions, division, selected representatives and their meaning (sucrose, maltose, lactose, starch, cellulose, mucopolysaccharides, honey). 6. Lipids - function, chemical structure, fatty acids and alcohols in lipids, terpenoids and steroids - representatives and their importance. 7. Nucleic acids - division, composition, nucleosides and nucleotides, ATP, DNA and RNA, gene and genome, replication, transcription and translation, genetic code. 8. Hormones and vitamins, food supplements. 9. Energetics of chemical reactions, Gibbs energy and entropy, applications to metabolic events, chemical reactions and chemical equilibrium, kinetics and energetics of reactions with a focus on reactions taking place in biological systems. 10. Field and substance, properties of substances (magnetic, electrical properties of substances, polarization, optical radiation and its characteristics, refraction of light, optical activity, absorption of light), spectroscopic properties of substances, luminescence, color of substances. 11. Solutions - dissolution and solubility, affecting solubility, diffusion, osmosis (repetition of calculation examples on concentration). 12. Theory of acids and bases, dissociation, buffers, pH calculation, significance in the organism. 13. Oxidation and reduction, oxidation-reduction potential, calculation and significance of pH, electrolysis (practice in numbering equations and calculations from equations). 14. Precipitation reaction, solubility product, complexes and amphoteric metals.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for examination - 120 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
water and its properties, biogenic elements, types of chemical bonds
water and its properties, biogenic elements, types of chemical bonds
chemical structure of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids
chemical structure of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids
representatives of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids
representatives of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids
acid-base reactions
acid-base reactions
oxidation reaction and precipitation reaction
oxidation reaction and precipitation reaction
Skills
create names and formulas of simple inorganic and organic compounds
create names and formulas of simple inorganic and organic compounds
determine the composition of living matter
determine the composition of living matter
determine the structure of simple biomolecules
determine the structure of simple biomolecules
perform calculations based on substance quantity and concentration
perform calculations based on substance quantity and concentration
perform conversions between the concentrations of strong acids or bases and the pH values of their aqueous solutions
perform conversions between the concentrations of strong acids or bases and the pH values of their aqueous solutions
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Skills
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Recommended literature
  • DVOŘÁČKOVÁ, S. Chemie na dlani. (Edice Na dlani).. Olomouc: Rubico, 2022. ISBN 80-85839-70-9.
  • GÄRTNER, H. Kompendium chemie: vzorce, pravidla a principy, úlohy a jejich řešení, periodická soustava prvků, výkladový slovník. 2. vyd. Universum.. Praha: Knižní klub, 2013. ISBN 9788024239934.
  • HOUSECROFT, C.E., SHARPE, A.G. Anorganická chemie. Praha: VŠCHT, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7080-872-6.
  • KODÍČEK, M., VALENTOVÁ, O., HYNEK, R. Biochemie: chemický pohled na biologický svět. 3. přeprac. vyd.. Praha: VŠCHT, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7592-124-6.
  • Kolektiv autorů. Biochemie: základní kurz. 4. vyd. Učební texty UK v Praze. 229 s.. Praha: Karolinum, 2009. ISBN 9788024616780.
  • McMURRY, J. Organická chemie. Překlady vysokoškolských učebnic.. Brno: VUTIUM, 2015. ISBN 9788070809303.
  • MIČKA, Z., LUKEŠ, I. Teoretické základy anorganické chemie. 4. vyd. Učební texty UK v Praze. Praha: Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 9788024632094.
  • MYERS, R. The Basics of Chemistry. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003. ISBN 9780313361340.
  • SEDMIDUBSKÝ, D., FLEMR, V., SVOBODA, J., CIBULKA, R. Základy chemie pro bakaláře. Praha: VŠCHT, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7080-790-3.
  • SKOOG, D.A., WEST, D.M., HOLLER, F.J., CROUCH, S.R. Analytická chemie. Praha: VŠCHT, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7592-043-0.
  • TIMBERLAKE, K.C. Basic Chemistry. 5th Ed.. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2017. ISBN 978-0134138046.


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