FPCH01 Chemistry - Foundation programme

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
4/3/0. Recommended Type of Completion: -. Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jiří Dostál, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Hana Paulová, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Slanina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Josef Tomandl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Gregorová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Michaela Králíková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Ondřej Peš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jindra Smutná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marie Tomandlová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Ivana Ševčíková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Josef Tomandl, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Bc. Helena Melicharová, MBA
Supplier department: Department of Biochemistry – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
To get acquainted with essential chapters of high school chemistry to be prepared for the entrance exam of Medical Faculty Masaryk University.
Learning outcomes
Ability to pass the entrance tests of Medical Faculty Masaryk University successfully.
Syllabus
  • Entrance test Classification of matter. Basic chemical terms– pure substances (elements and compounds), mixtures. Atoms and molecules. Subatomic particles, atomic and mass numbers. Isotopes and atomic mass. Relative atomic mass of an element, molecular mass of a compound. The amount of a substance, the mole of an element or a compound, Avogadro´s constant. The molar mass of a compound, the molar volume of gases at standard temperature and pressure. Atomic structure, the electron configuration of elements. Rules of filling the orbitals. Electron arrangement for the first 20 elements. The Periodic table of elements. The periodicity of the properties of the elements. The positions of the representative elements in the table. Chemical bonds. The octet rule. Single and multiple covalent bonds, coordinate covalent bond. Shapes of the molecules. Hybridization theory. Electronegativity and bond polarity. The polarity of molecules. Complex compounds. Ionic and molecular compounds. Formation of ions. Ionic charges from group number. Metallic bond. Names and formulas of ionic compounds. Weak intermolecular bonding. Naming covalent compounds, writing formulas. Stoichiometric calculations. Chemical equations, balancing equations, mass relations in chemical reactions. Progress test 1. Solutions - expressing the composition of solutions: mass fraction (percentage by mass), amount-of-substance concentration (molarity), and mass concentration, calculations. Solutions of nonelectrolytes and electrolytes, dissociation and ionization of electrolytes, strong and weak electrolytes. Concentrations of ions in solutions of strong electrolytes. Types of chemical reactions. Protolytic reactions. Strong acids and bases. Weak acids and bases, ionization constants. Ionization of water, the ionic product of water. pH value - calculations. Hydrolysis of ions. Oxidation-reduction reactions, oxidizing agents and reducing agents. Balancing redox equations. Half equations in redox reactions and the numbers of electrons lost or gained. Characteristics of some of the elements. Progress test 2. Bonds in organic compounds, typical properties of organic compounds. Types of reactions in organic chemistry. Isomerism – various types of structural isomerism and stereoisomerism. Nomenclature of organic compounds: Systematic IUPAC names – general principles in systematic nomenclature. The trivial (or semisystematic) names for the most common compounds. Hydrocarbons, names for the groups derived from hydrocarbons. Saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, arenes – chemical formulas, typical reactions. Organic halides, nitro compounds, amines – various types and important structures, the basicity of amines, the formation of amides. Alcohols and phenols – classification, typical reactions (esterification, ethers, oxidation of alcohols, quinones). Aldehydes and ketones - oxidation and reduction, the formation of acetals. Carboxylic acids – reactivity of the carboxyl group. Survey of the common names and structures of the most important carboxylic acids (monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic, saturated and unsaturated, hydroxy acids, keto acids), names for acyls. Heterocyclic compounds – names and structures, important derivatives, purine and pyrimidine bases of nucleic acids, uric acid. Saccharides - classification, structure of monosaccharides (acyclic oxo-forms, hemiacetal cyclic forms, anomers), the formation of glycosides. Reducing and non-reducing disaccharides, polysaccharides. Progress test 3 Lipids - fatty acids bound in lipids, acylglycerols, hydrolysis of fats and oils, saponification, soap. Phospholipids. The structure of membranes. Steroids – the structure of the steroid ring system, biological roles of some sorts of steroid compounds. Amino acids - structures, common and systematic names of the twenty standard (proteinogenic) amino acids, the polarity of the side chains. Peptide bond. Peptides. Proteins – the primary structure, general features of the secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure. Classification of proteins according to the shape, solubility, denaturation. Nucleosides, nucleotides, nucleic acids. The double helix of DNA. The function of DNA and of three major types of RNA in transcription of the genetic code and protein biosynthesis. General features of enzymes. Factors affecting the rate of enzymatic reaction. Enzyme nomenclature and classification. Six classes of enzymes according to reaction type. Enzyme cofactors. Progress test 4 General features of vitamins. Fat soluble vitamins. Water soluble vitamins. Relations of vitamins to cofactors and other biochemical functions. The anabolic and catabolic character of metabolic pathways. The importance of biological oxidations in the catabolism of nutrients – , high-energy (macroergic) compounds and the energetic yield of metabolism. The role of the citric acid cycle. The mitochondrial electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation Metabolism of saccharides, the end products of anaerobic and aerobic glucose degradation. Metabolism of lipids, digestion of dietary fat, ß-oxidation of fatty acids. Metabolism of proteins and amino acids, the nitrogenous end products of amino acid and purine catabolism. Progress test 5 Final test.
Literature
    required literature
  • Texts available in Information System.
  • TIMBERLAKE, Karen C. Chemistry : an introduction to general, organic, and biological chemistry. Twelfth edition. Boston: Pearson, 2015, 704, 4. ISBN 9780321908445. info
    recommended literature
  • TÁBORSKÁ, Eva and Jiří DOSTÁL. Overview of Chemistry. 3. dotisk 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019, 129 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5193-5. info
Teaching methods
lectures and seminars
Assessment methods
Final test.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, autumn 2018, spring 2019, autumn 2019, spring 2020, autumn 2020, spring 2021, autumn 2021, spring 2022, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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