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Biochemistry

Chapters in the study guide are:

Core or Foundational Material::

  • Chapter 1: Buffers, Amino Acids, and Oligopeptides
  • Chapter 2: Polypeptide and Protein Structure
  • Chapter 3: Enzyme Kinetics and Mechanisms
  • Chapter 4: DNA Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Recombinant Technology
  • Chapter 5: Lipids, Biological Membranes and Signal Transduction
  • Chapter 6: Sugars and Carbohydrates
  • Chapter 7: Carbohydrate Metabolism
  • Chapter 8: Cellular Respiration
  • Chapter 9: Bioenergetics and Fundamentals of Metabolism

Advanced Material:

  • Chapter 10: Amino Acid and Lipid Metabolism
  • Chapter 11: Lab Techniques and Methods

General Chemistry

Chapters in the study guide are:

First-Term Material:

  • Atomic Structure
  • Electronic Structure
  • Formula Calculations and the Mole
  • Stoichiometry
  • Solutions and Aqueous Reactions, Part 1
  • Heat and Enthalpy
  • Structure and Bonding
  • States of Matter

Second-Term Material:

  • Solutions and Aqueous Reactions, Part 2
  • Kinetics
  • Equilibrium
  • Acids and Bases
  • Solubility Equilibria
  • Thermodynamics
  • Electrochemistry
  • Nuclear Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Topics Covered

  • Nomenclature
  • Structure, Hybridization, Resonance, Aromaticity
  • Acids and Bases
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Nucleophilic Substitutions and Eliminations
  • Electrophilic Additions
  • Nucleophilic Additions at Carbonyls
  • Nucleophilic Substitution at Carbonyls
  • Enols and Enolate Ion Reactions
  • Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
  • Free Radical Substitutions and Additions
  • Oxidations and Reductions
  • Spectroscopy
  • Synthesis and Analysis

Physical Chemistry

Designed for use with any Physical Chemistry exam, including (a) thermodynamics; (b) dynamics (kinetics); (c) quantum; (d) comprehensive.