General Chemistry

Recommended Prerequisites

 Introductory course that requires only the knowledge and skills acquired in high school. The subject is taught in Portuguese, so strong knowledge of the language is requiredt.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods of theoretical and theoretical-practical aim the learning of the discipline. The lectures are supported by presentations with simple texts and diagrams, graphs, etc., with the support of media. There is opportunity to discuss the concepts and more difficult issues.

The theoretical-practical teaching focuses on the subject of the theoretical lectures with the active involvement of students in the discussion and in the resolution of the problems that are provided to students in advance through the web-on-campus platform.

Learning Outcomes

 Acquisition of fundamental knowledge and skills to work in a laboratory of Chemistry and Biochemistry. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1- Free Particles: The Nature of Gases

2- Thermodynamics and Chemical Equilibrium

3- Liquids and Solids

4- Solutions

5- Acid-base reactions

6- Reactions between ions

7- Electronic Structure of Atoms

8- Chemical Bonds

9- Principles of Molecular Spectroscopy

10- Organic Molecules and Functional Groups.

Head Lecturer(s)

Luís Guilherme da Silva Arnaut Moreira

Assessment Methods

Final Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Continous Assessment
Frequency: 100.0%

Bibliography

(1) Chang, R. and Overby, J. General Chemistry: The Essential Concepts. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, 6th ed.

(2) Jones, L. and Atkins, P. Chemistry: Molecules, Matter and Change. W.H. Freeman, 2000, 4th ed.

(3) Nelson, D.L. and Cox, M.M. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. W.H. Freeman, 2013, 6th ed.

(4) Chang, R. Physical Chemistry for the Biosciences. Sausalito, CA: University Science Books, 2005.

(5) Vollhardt, P.C. and Schore, N.E. Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function. W.H. Freeman, 2014, 7th ed.