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Selected chapters from chemistry

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 651-3029/02
Abbreviation VKCH
Course title Selected chapters from chemistry
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Lenka Kulhánková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Structures of inorganic compounds, the relationship between the structure and properties of substances.
2. Introduction to the chemistry of nanomaterials and nanostructured materials, the issue of synthesis of nanaostructures from gaseous and liquid media.
3. Synthesis of molecules, nucleation, thermodynamics and kinetics of crystallization, mechanism of crystal growth.
4. Influencing the solubility of a solid in a liquid medium, practical examples.
5. Relationship between structure, properties, reactivity and biological efficiency of organic molecules.
6. Heterocyclic compounds - introduction, nomenclature, classification and properties.
7. Heterocyclic compounds - reactivity and important representatives.
8. Amino acids - structure, classification, properties and meaning.
9. Peptides and proteins - structure, classification, properties and significance.
10. Carbohydrates - structure, classification, properties and meaning.
11. Enzymes - structure, classification, properties and significance.
12. Nucleic acids - composition, types of nucleic acids and their biological significance.
13. Lipids - classification, structure, properties and significance.
14. Alkaloids - classification, structure, properties and meaning.

Exercises:
2 hours once every 14 days
1. Computational exercise - solubility of substances. Laboratory work safety.
2. Monitoring the effect of pH on the particle size of iron oxides.
3. Preparation of metal oxides by hydrolysis.
4. Chemical reactions of carbohydrates and proteins.
5. Chemical reactions of enzymes.
6. Obtaining essential oils.
7. Determination of alkaloids and tannins.

E-learning

Literature

MCMURRY, John. Organic chemistry. 6th ed. Belmont: Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2004. ISBN 0-534-38999-6.
Berg J.M., Tymoczko J.L.a L. Stryer. Biochemistry, 5 ed., Freeman, NY, 2002. ISBN-10: 0-7167-3051-0 .
RAO, C. N. R., A. MÜLLER a A.K CHEETHAM. The chemistry of nanomaterials: synthesis, properties and applications in 2 volumes. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2004. ISBN isbn3-527-30686-2.

Advised literature

OZIN, Geoffrey A. a André C. ARSENAULT. Nanochemistry: a chemical approach to nanomaterials. Cambridge: RSC Publishing, c2005. ISBN 0-85404-664-X.
SCHMID, Günter, ed. Nanoparticles: from theory to application. 2nd ed., completely rev. and updated ed. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, c2010. ISBN 978-3-527-32589-4.