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Valid for year : 2011
 
BKL130 Chemistry B for Foundation Year, 6 ECTS credits.
/Kemi B för tekniskt/naturvetenskapligt basår/

For:   Bas  

 

Prel. scheduled hours:
Rec. self-study hours: 160

  Area of Education: Science

Main field of studies: Other subjects

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): 0

Aim:
The course provides fundamental knowledge in the following areas: Structure, nomenclature, properties and reactions of organic chemistry. Chromatography. Spectroscopy. Structure and function of biomolecules. Metabolism in living cells. Common laboratory techniques in organic chemistry and biochemistry. After studies well learned the student will have proficiency in:
  • Giving the most common functional groups in organic chemistry and describing their properties.
  • Giving systematic names of uncomplicated organic substances. Naming uncomplicated organic substances from their structures.
  • Describing the conception of isomerism and resonance.
  • Writing simple reaction mechanisms.
  • Describing some spectroscopic techniques, for example thin layer chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, gel filtration and gas chromatography.
  • Describing some analytical techniques, for example UV-VIS, IR, MS and NMR
  • Giving the common structure of amino acids and different properties of the common amino acids found in proteins.
  • Describing the fundamentals of protein structure using the concepts; primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure.
  • Describing a number of functions of proteins with focus on the catalytic.
  • Describing the fundamentals of carbohydrate and fatty acid catabolism, photosynthesis, DNA-, RNA-, and protein synthesis.
  • Performing common laboratory technique, presenting the results in written reports.


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
See rules for admisson to the Foundation Year at Linköpings universitet. Kemi A

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Organisation:
The course consists of lectures, lessons and and laboratory work.

Course contents:
  • Organic chemistry: Structural formulas, functional groups and their properties, nomenclature, and some reaction mechanisms.
  • Analytical chemistry: Chromatography , spectroscopy.
  • Biochemistry: Important biomolecules; proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and carbohydrates. Metabolism and bioenergetics.


Course literature:
Borén, Larsson, Lif, Lillieborg, Lindh: Kemiboken 100 p, A and B. Liber.
Examination:
Written examination
Laboratory work
 4,5 ECTS
1,5 ECTS
 


Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Stefan Svensson
Examiner: Gunilla Niklasson

Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 01/21/2011