Welcome to Chemistry 212 — Survey of Organic and Biochemistry, section JK taught by Prof. J. Walker, Fall 2008, Truman College. If you are enrolled in this section please check this website frequently for announcements and new information. Section JK meets Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. in room 3831 beginning Tuesday August 26th. Dr. Abrams is also an instructor for Chemistry 212. I recommend that all students visit Dr. Abrams' website. He has an extensive collection of practice quizzes and exams including a readiness/review quiz..
Course Catalog Description
CHEMISTRY 073 0212 - Survey of Organic and Biochemistry
Survey of organic chemistry including nomenclature and reactions of major functional groups essential to biochemistry and an introduction to the structure and function of biomolecules, and the metabolism of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 201 or consent of department chairperson. 3 lecture hours and 3 lab hours per week based on sixteen weeks. Credit Hours: 4.
General Information
Instructor
Prof J. Walker
jwalker@ccc.edu
Office: 3850
Phone: (773) 907-4698
Website: JustOnly.com/chemistry/chem212
Textbooks
Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry 6th ed.
by Bettelheim, Brown, Campbell and Farrell
Thomson ©2007
ISBN: 0-495-01477-X
Laboratory Experiments for General, Organic, and Biochemistry
by Bettelheim and Landesberg
Thomson ©2007
ISBN: 0-495-01504-0
There is an alternative to this edition of the laboratory manual, Organic and Biochemistry; A Survey Course ©2008: ISBN-13:978-0-495-47762-4 and ISBN-10:0-495-47762-1. It is packaged with the textbook at Beck's Book Store. It includes only the experiments we will be doing. You may find it available for purchase online but beware of missing pages.
Model Kit
Although a model kit is not required, it is strongly recommended that you obtain one, and you will need it in the first week of class. Please refer to recommendations by Dr. Abrams when chosing a suitable model kit. This class involves lots of drawing chemical structures. Colorful pencils/pens are useful while taking notes.
Favorite Molecule
Caffeine has the molecular formula C8H10N4O2 and acts as a stimulant in humans. It is found in many beverages such as coffee, tea, cola and energy drinks. The name comes from the Italian term for coffee, caffè. Read what Wikipedia has to say about caffeine.
Recommended Links
- Textbook Website
- Understanding Chemistry
- Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic
- Online Organic Chemistry Help
- Chem Sketch 10.0 - Freeware
- Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry
- The Chemogenesis Web Book
- C60, the Celestial Sphere that Fell to Earth
Who's Who
- Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz— He was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure and most famous for his work on the structure of benzene.
- Friedrich Wöhler — He accidentally synthesized urea in 1828 and showed it was possible to artificially prepare organic compounds.