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Scientific method. The Atom. Chemical bond. Ionic bond. Covalent bond (VB). VSEPR. Hybridization. Dative bond. Resonance. Nomenclature and chemical structures.
Mole, weight composition, minimal and molecular formula.
States of aggregation of the matter. The gas. Gas laws. Ideal and real gas. Liquids and Solids.
Chemical reactions. Stoichiometry. Redox reactions. Acid-Base reactions.
The solutions: concentration and vapor tension. Colligative properties.
Basics of chemical kinetics
Thermodynamics I and II Principle. III Principle. Gibbs Free Energy and spontaneity of a chemical reaction. Chemical equilibrium.
Acids and Bases. Equilibria and pH calculation. Saline hydrolysis and tampons.
laboratory exercises

Module II: Organic compounds. Composition, structure and spatial representation.
Isomerism and stereoisomeries. Resonance and electronic effects.
The functional groups: structure, nomenclature and chemical-physical properties of alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, arenes, halides, alcohols, amines, imines, phenols, aldehydes and ketones, acids, esters, amides, imides and nitriles.
Electrophilic addition to alkenes, and alkynes. Electrophilic aromatic substitution of benzene, homo- and hetero-aromatic compounds.
Nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl and nucleophilic acyl substitution. Enolated and their condensations.
Bi-and polyfunctional molecules: dicarboxylic acids, hydroxy acids, enonic systems, triglycerides, carbohydrates and amino acids.
Sugars and aminoacids: structure and properties.
Sp3 carbon substitution and elimination. Redox reaction on organic compounds. Radical reaction of hydrocarbons (combustion, radica oxidation) through model reaction (alogenation).

F.A. Bettelheim, W.H. Brown, M.K. Campbell, S.O. Farrel, O.J. Torres Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry.
Slides of the pwp presentation of each lecture.