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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Grao en Bioloxía |
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| Chemistry |
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| Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Chemistry | Code | 610G02001 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
First | Basic training | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Organic Chemistry | • Introduction to Organic Chemistry • Alkanes • Alkenes and alkynes • Aromatic hydrocarbons • Alkyl halides • Alcohols, fenols and ethers • Aldehydes and ketones • Carboxylic acids and their derivatives • Amines and amides • Stereochemistry |
| 2. Thermochemistry | • Concepts and basic terms in Thermochemistry • First law of Thermodynamics • Heats of reaction. Enthalpy • Thermochemical equations • Calorimetry • Standard enthalpy of formation: Hess's law • Spontaneous change and Entropy • Second law of Thermodynamics • Criteria for spontaneous change. Gibbs's free energy |
| 3. Chemical equilibrium | • Chemical equilibrium • The equilibrium constant expression • Relationship between kinetics and equilibrium • Altering equilibrium conditions: Le Chatelier's principle • Relationship between the equilibrium constant and Gibbs's free energy • Standard state in Biochemistry • Coupling reactions in biological systems |
| 4. Acid-base equilibrium | • Acid and base definitions. The Brønsted-Lowry's theory • Acid-base properties of water: concept of pH • Strong and weak acids and bases. Ionization constants • Solutions of salts: hydrolysis • The common-ion effect • Buffer solutions • Acid-base titrations. Acid-base indicators • pH control in biological systems |
| 5. Electrochemistry | • Electrochemical processes and redox reactions • Chemical energy and Electrochemistry. Electrochemical cells • Standard electrode potentials • Thermodynamics of electrochemical reactions • Effect of the concentration on cell potential • pH measurement • Membrane potential • Redox systems involving protons • Redox indicators |
| 6. Kinetics and Catalysis | • Definition of kinetics and objectives • Variables influencing the rate of chemical reactions • Rate of reaction and the rate law • Effect of the temperature on reaction rates. The Arrhenius equation • Relationship between kinetic constants and equilibrium constants • Theoretical models in chemical kinetics • Mechanisms of reaction: elementary and in-steps processes • Catalysis |
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