CH 105: CHEMISTRY
AND SOCIETY - SPRING 2008 - DR J
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
2-4-6
What's so special about ethanol?
Elements, Atoms, and Molecules.
Mixtures and Separations
Chem. and Physical Rx.
Demos: EtOH burn, 4 liquids evap; paper chromatography of dyes; electrolysis water
Laws, Hypotheses; Things are not what they appear to be - 2: burning, phlogiston and oxygen;
Laws, Hypotheses, theories; Burning; Jim Crow
independent/independent variables; correlation/causation
Gas Laws; Theories;
Falsifiability;
Einstein, Newton and Gravity;
drawing structures of molecules
Read
Science, Atoms, and
Molecules up to Modern Concept of the Atom;
Reading:
Correlation vs. Causation questions ; Atoms are divisible; electronic configurations; atoms reactivity;
Ionic, Nonpolar covalent, and Polar covalent bonding; formal charge; electronegativity, partial charges;
Homework: Corr/Causation Gp questions
Read Bonding up to Lewis Structures
1/25 F A4
Lb1:BB
1/29 TU A6
Quiz: Lewis Structures;
Representing Carbon Molecules: Formulas, Line drawings;
Lewis Structures: Molecular Geometry
L
7
1/31 TH A2
Lewis Structure: Geometry; polarity;
acetic acid vs dicholoracetic acid:
Intermolecular Forces - IMFs: effect on physical properties (BP, MP, solubility)
Homework: Molecular Geometry and Polarity
Read: Intermolecular Forces and Solubility
2/4 M A4
Lb2:Sol
5 min Qz: geometry (in lab)
Review Charge Distribution - Small and Big molecules
IMFs: Intermolecular
Forces - IMFs: ion/ion, Dipole/Dipole and
London, van der Waal forces; (discussed in lab and class)
Solubility (Handout);
Micelles and Bilayers; Proteins
Solubility: Electrolytes/Nonelectrolytes
2/6 W A6
5 min Qz: acetic acid water interactions
Review Charge Distribution - Small and Big molecules
micelles and Bilayers; Proteins
Solubility: Electrolytes/Nonelectrolytes
Lewis Struct and Chemical Reactivity: acids/base reactions
Acids; Bases; Drawing mechanisms for acid/base reactions
Molecular (polyatomic) ions
2/8 F B2
Chem Reactions: Acid/Bases
Molecular Ions
Acetic Acid vs HCl - strong, weak, non electrolytes
OH- vs -OH
Acid strength, base strength
Finish: Chemical Reactions
2/12 TU B4
Lb3:Cu-1
Qz: acid/base
Comparisons of acid strength - Gp 7 binary
acids and oxyacids;
pH
Acetic acid - carboxyl groups on proteins, - charge
ammonia - amines on proteins + charge
redox reactions , oxidizing/reduction agent.
oxidation numbers
Chem Reactions: Redox
review
2/14 TH B6
Acid base, Redox, Precipitation reactions
2/18 M B2
Study Guide 1
2/20 W B4
Lb3:Cu-2
Organic Chemistry: functional groups;
What's more stable in water: H- or OH-
Gp : Reactivity and stability;
carbonyl chemistry;
carbonyl chemistry
Read: Organic Chemistry
worksheet that we started in class showing mechanisms and products when OH- attacks carbonyl Cs.
2/26 TU B6
carbonyl chemistry
organic function groups
Carbohydrate structure: monosaccharide, dissacharides, and polyssaccarides
DNA and RNA
Read: Organic Chemistry
Finish worksheet that we started in class showing mechanisms and products when OH- attacks carbonyl Cs.
2/28 TH B2
Qz: carbonyl chemistry
DNA, Lipid,
3/3 M B4
Lb4:
Mol. Model
DNA, Protein Structure
Central Dogma
3/5 W B6
Proteins and Mutations
Covalent modification of proteins: Protons and phosphorylation
Protein Kinases: phosphorylation of ROH on proteins by ATP
3/7 F C2
Qz: Protein kinases
Sig. Transduction and glycogen breakdown
Sig. Transduction: Gene Activation
3/11 Tu C4
No lab today
Sig. Transduction: Gene Activation
Neuro-biochemistry
3/13 Th C6
Neurobiochemistry
3/25 TU C2
Review biochemistry of ethanol
Review neuron biochemistry
Alcohol in the Western World
Neural effect of ethanol: short term - GABA Channel
Reading:
Alcohol Folder
3/27 TH C4
Lb5: EtoH1A - make
Neural effects of ethanol and addictive drugs: long term
Risk Analysis
Reading:
Alcohol Folder
Science Folder
3/31 M C6
4/2 W C2
Stoichiometry
Read: Stoichiometry
4/4 F C4
Lb5: EtoH1B - make
Stoichiometry
Metabolism: Ethanol, Carbohydrates/Fats
Overview Glycolysis
Read: Stoichiometry
ead: Metabolism Overview
4/8 TU C6
Influenza Pandemic - Intro
Video: Influenza Pandemic
4/10 TH D2
Influenza - virus structure, life cycle, mutation
4/14 M D4
Lb6: EtoH2 - oxidation
influenza virus - binding, mutation
antigenic shifts, jumps
Hemagglutin/Neuraminidase -
Read:
1918 Pandemic
Influenza: Overview
1918 Pandemic and
Reading:
Capturing the Killer Virus
Emergence of the 1918 Flu in War Camps in France
4/16 W D6
Immune System
Read: Immune System
4/18 F D2
Immune System
Treatment: Drugs and Vaccines
How should we prepare?
Risk Analysis
Read: Drugs and Treatment
Readings:
4/22Tu D4
Lb7: EtoH3 - combust
Metabolism: Carbohydrates/Fats - Part 2
Read: Metabolism Overview
4/25 F D6
Metabolism: CHO/Fats
Read: Metabolism Overview; Diabetes
4/29 Tu D2
Diabetes/Obesity
Read: Obesity
Reading:
5/1 Th D4
Lb8: TBA
Test 3
5/5 TH D6
Review
5/9, Friday
1:00-3:00 PM
Final