Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chem 104Web page
Spring, 2000
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Course Resources
Syllabus
Great Web Sites!
Biochemistry of our biological clock
The Future of Medicine, Time Jan, 1999
DNA Detectives, Time Jan, 1999
HIV and AIDS
biochemistry of flatus (a potential poster topic)!
Cells Alive
Using viruses to fight cancer: by Dann Toliver
Objectives and Homework Answers
Lecture #1 : Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry
Key to HW #1
Lecture #2 : Alkanes
Key to HW #2
Lecture #3 : Alkenes
Key to HW #3
Lecture #4 : Alkynes and Aromatics
Key to HW #4
Key to Quiz #1
Lecture #5 : Functional Groups (an overview)
Scavenger Hunt Handout
Key to HW #5: Scavenger Hunt
Lecture #6 : Quiz Review, Functional Group Review and Poster Assignment
Key to HW #6: Quiz corrections (see above)
Lecture #7 : Alcohols
Key to HW #7
Lecture #8 : Alcohols, Aldehydes and Ketones
Key to HW #8
Exam I, no new objectives, HW: refs and outline for poster
Key to Exam I
Lecture #9 : Carboxylic Acids, Esters and Amides
Key to HW #9
Key to Extra Credit (H-bond assignment)
Lecture #10 : Amines
Key to HW #10
Lecture #11: Drugs and the Brain
Key to HW #11
Lecture #12: Poster Session. See posters 2nd floor of NSF
Lecture #13 : Stereoisomers
Key to HW #13
Lecture #14: Carbohydrates
Key to HW #14
Lecture #15a (same day as Quiz 2): Carbohydrate Metabolism: The Big Picture
Key to HW #15a
Lecture #15b: Carbohydrate Metabolism: At the molecular level (getting small)
Key to HW #15b
Key to Quiz 2:
Lecture #16: Proteins
Key to HW #16
Lecture #17: Lipids
Key to HW #17
Lecture #18: Enzymes
Key to Lecture #18
Lecture #19: Nucleic Acids
Key to Lecture #19
Key to Exam II
Biochem poster assignment
Lecture #20: Transcription (DNA to mRNA)
Key to lecture #20
Lecture #21: Translation (mRNA to protein)
Key to lecture #21
Lecture #22: Viruses, Cloning and Genetic Engineering
Lecture #23: DNA fingerprinting and Apoptosis
Key to Quiz 3
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Created 31 Aug 1998
Updated May 2, 2000
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