Aims

The main objective of the course is to teach students the essential aspects of the
chemistry of the living world.

Main themes

1. Main classes of organic molecules
- description, functional groups and reactivity
- physico-chemical properties (acidity, boiling points, …)
- introduction to isomerism (conformation, configuration, stereoisomerism)
- applications : petroleum derivatives, polymers, biological molecules

2. Biomolecules
- carbohydrates
- lipids
- DNA, RNA
- peptides and proteins
- enzymatic catalysis (selected example : chymotrypsin)

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

- lectures : 22,5h
- laboratories : 12h (4 x 3h)
- exercises : 10,5h ( 7 x 1,5h)