Part One: Introduction to Biochemistry (Pages One through Seventeen)
Why is biochemistry important in nursing?
What actually makes something alive?
One. Hierarchical Organization
Three. Is a Dead Body Still Organized?
Four. Can Chemistry Explain Life?
Scenario One - Golgi Apparatus
Scenario Three - Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
Scenario Four - Mitochondria
Scenario Five - Antibiotics
PART two - Water (Pages eighteen to twenty-eight)
Step one: What is Water Made Of?
Step two: Oxygen Has Four Regions of Electrons
Step three: Why Isn't the Angle one hundred nine point five degrees?
Step four: Lone Pairs Push Harder
Water is a Polar Molecule
Covalent Bond vs Hydrogen Bond
Types of Intermolecular Forces
One. London Dispersion Forces
Two. Dipole-Dipole Interactions
One Water Molecule Can Form Four Hydrogen Bonds
Why Does Water Have a High Boiling Point?
Why Does Sweating Cool the Body?
Water Dissolves Polar Molecules
Water is the Universal Solvent
Part two Summary (Must Know for Exams)
Part three - Bonding Properties of Carbon (Pages twenty-nine to thirty-six)
Page twenty-nine - Why is Carbon the Backbone of Biology?
What Makes Carbon Special?
What are valence electrons?
Why Does Carbon Form Four Bonds?
Carbon Can Bond to Many Different Atoms
Carbon Can Bond to Itself
Why Can Living Organisms Build So Many Molecules?
Pages thirty to thirty-three - Carbon Bonding and Molecular Shape
Why one hundred nine point five degrees?
Two. One Double Bond plus Two Single Bonds
Instead of tetrahedral, it becomes:
Page thirty-four - Hydrocarbons
One. Saturated Hydrocarbons (Alkanes)
Two. Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
Why Are Unsaturated Molecules Important?
Three. Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Page thirty-five - Classification of Carbon Atoms
Page thirty-six - Functional Groups (Introduction)
Part three Summary (Must Know for Exams)
Part four - Functional Groups (Pages thirty-seven to fifty-four)
Why are Functional Groups Important?
ACTIVITY - The Thalidomide Tragedy
PART FIVE - ISOMERS AND CHIRALITY (Pages Fifty-five to Sixty-five)
Page Fifty-five - What Are Isomers?
Why Are Isomers Important?
Two Main Types of Isomers
One. Constitutional Isomers
One. Constitutional Isomers
What Does "Connectivity" Mean?
· Geometric isomers (cis/trans) · Optical isomers (enantiomers and diastereomers)
OPTICAL ISOMERS (Enantiomers)
Why Are They Called Non-Superimposable?
Why Are Enantiomers Important?
Why Does Shape Matter in the Human Body?
FINAL ACTIVITY (Page sixty-three)
Complete Chapter One Summary