Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CH 105 Chemistry for Allied Health Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Credits: 5
Covers the molecular basis for life. Designed for Nursing, Dental Hygiene, EMT, and other Allied Health students who plan to pursue careers in the health science professions. Topics include carbohydrates; lipids; proteins; enzymes, vitamins, and hormones; pathways of metabolism; and nucleic acids. Third term of a three-term sequence.
Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher); and completion of CH 104 ; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.) Student Learning Outcomes:
- Define energy.
- Describe the difference between kinetic energy and potential energy and give several examples of each.
- State which molecules have greater kinetic energy; those in a sample of water at 20EC, or in the same sample of water at 100EC?
- List four different forms of energy.
- Define calorie and use experimental data to calculate the number of calories in a food sample.
- Define the melting point and the boiling point of a substance.
- Describe the changes that occur at the molecular level as an ice cube is warmed from -5E to 110EC.
- Define heat of fusion and heat of vaporization.
- Define and explain the role of a catalyst in a chemical reaction.
- Define and explain the difference between kinetic stability and thermodynamic stability.
- State the Bronsted-Lowry definition of an acid and base and identify the conjugate acid-base pairs in a chemical reaction.
- State in his/her own words the difference between a strong and weak acid, and a strong and weak base.
- Write a balanced equation for a neutralization reaction between an acid and base.
- Name an acid or acid salt when given its formula.
- Write the equation for the ionization of water.
- Given the pH of a solution, calculate the hydrogen ion concentration and hydroxide ion concentration and state whether the solution is acidic, acid, or neutral.
- Define normality and calculate the normality of a specified solution of acid or base.
- Perform the equivalence point calculations for a titration.
- Define buffer and give an example of the way in which the blood plasma is protected against large changes on pH.
- Define acidosis and alkalosis and describe conditions in the body that will cause acidosis to occur.
- Define organic chemistry.
- Describe the difference between molecular and structural formulas of a compound.
- Define structural isomer and, given the molecular formula of a compound, draw the structural formulas of its isomers.
- Define alkane and saturated hydrocarbon.
- Draw the structural formula of an alkane when given its IUPAC name, and state the IUPAC name when shown the alkane’s structural formula.
- Write the chemical equations for the combustion and substitution reactions of a given alkane.
- Determine whether a hydrocarbon is saturated or unsaturated, given its structural formula.
- Describe the difference between the alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes, and give examples of compounds found in each class.
- Draw the structural formula of a hydrocarbon when given its IUPAC name, and state its IUPAC name when given its structural formula.
- Define geometric isomer, and give examples of the cis- and trans- structures of an alkene and a cyclic hydrocarbon.
- Compare the chemical reactivity of the alkanes and alkenes.
- Write the equations for the combustion, addition, and polymerization.
- Write the equation for the substitution reaction of benzene with a halogen.
- Classify the organic compounds having oxygen-containing functional groups, and given the structural formula of a compound, state its IUPAC name.
- Compare the polarity and water solubility of alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids.
- State the difference between a primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohol.
- Describe two methods for preparing alcohols in the laboratory.
- Write the equations for the dehydration and oxidation reactions of an alcohol.
- State the difference in structure between aldehydes and ketones.
- Describe one method of preparing aldehydes and ketones.
- Compare the ease with which aldehydes and ketones can be oxidized.
- Write the equations for the production of a carboxylic acid and an ester.
- Define esterification, hydrolysis, and saponification, and give an example of each reaction.
- Classify organic compounds having nitrogen-containing functional groups.
- Given the structural formula of an amine or amide when given its IUPAC name, and state the IUPAC name when given its structural formula.
- Write the structural formula of an amine or amide when given its IUPAC name, and state the IUPAC name when given its structural formula.
- Write the equations for the reaction of an amine with water, with an acid, and with an alkyl halide.
- Describe two ways of preparing an amide in the laboratory.
- Write the equation for the hydrolysis of an amide.
- Define heterocyclic ring.
- Describe three uses of alkaloids in drug therapy.
Statewide General Education Outcomes:
- Gather, comprehend, and communicate scientific and technical information in order to explore ideas, models, and solutions and generate further questions.
- Apply scientific and technical modes of inquiry, individually, and collaboratively, to critically evaluate existing or alternative explanations, solve problems, and make evidence-based decisions in an ethical manner.
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of scientific studies and critically examine the influence of scientific and technical knowledge on human society and the environment.
Content Outline
- Energy
- Definition of energy
- Kinetic energy
- Potential energy
- Reaction rates
- Energy diagrams
- Chemical equilibrium
- Acids and Bases
- Acid/base definitions
- Strength of acids and bases
- Nomenclature
- Neutralization and titrations
- pH: defined and control
- Normality
- Buffers
- Organic Chemistry: Saturated Hydrocarbons
- The role of carbon
- Organics defined
- Hydrocarbons and their bonds
- Writing structural formulas
- Alkanes
- Nomenclature
- Organic Chemistry: Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
- Unsaturated hydrocarbons
- Alkenes and their nomenclature
- Geometric isomers
- Alkynes and cyclic hydrocarbons
- Aromatic hydrocarbons and nomenclature
- Organic Chemistry: Functional Groups
- Alcohols: reactions and descriptions
- Aldehydes and ketones
- Carboxylic acids
- Esters, ethers
- Amides and amines
Laboratory Content:
- Energy Measurements
- Specific heat
- Temperature/energy changes
- Exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Chemical Reactions
- Rates and factors
- Catalysis
- Equilibrium
- Electrolytes, Acids, and Bases
- Electrolytes, acids, bases, buffers
- Solvent properties of water
- Standardizations
- Acids and Bases
- Neutralization
- Titrations
- Standardizations
- Properties of Organic and Inorganic Compounds
- Solubility, flammability, melting points, boiling points
- Reactions
- Formulas from molecular models
- Hydrocarbons
- Molecular models
- Isomerism
- Saturation
- Combustion
- Organic Oxygen Compounds
- Alcohol structures
- Physical and chemical properties
- Aldehydes and ketones
- Synthesizing esters
- Analysis of Aspirin
- Rate of disintegration
- Stability
- Percentage and composition
- Saponification
- Organic Nitrogen Compounds
- Primary, secondary, tertiary amines
- Physical and chemical properties
- Preparing acetanilide
- Extraction of caffeine
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