Code: 
BIOL-107
Semester: 
Α Semester
Course Type: 
Obligatory
Course website: 
Course units:
4
ECTS units
6
Hours per week
Theory: 4

Instructors

Professor: Gizeli Electra
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Office phone number:  +30 2810 394373
Lab phone number:  +30 2810 394093

Description

Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences): To become familiar with organic structures and chemical reactions.

Course contents: Introduction to the basic principles of general and organic chemistry (atomic structure, types of chemical bonds, acids and bases, stereochemistry). Nomenclature, structure, properties and reaction mechanisms of organic molecules (alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkyl halides, benzene, alcohols, ethers, epoxides, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, carbohydrates, amino acids, peptides, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids). Brief introduction to spectrometry (mass spectrometry, infra red, nuclear magnetic resonance).