CHEM 150 - Essentials of Organic and Biochemistry

• Identify the functional groups in organic molecules.
• Compare the physical properties of compounds with different functional groups or molecular sizes.
• Assign common and IUPAC names to simple organic compounds.
• Write condensed structural formulas for simple organic compounds.
• Predict the products of organic reactions and recognize similar reactions in metabolic pathways.
• Identify strong and weak acids and bases.
• Write equations for acidic and basic equilibria and identify Bronsted acids and bases.
• identify whether a solution is acidic, basic, or neutral, given the pH or the hydronium ion concentration.
• Calculate the hydronium and hydroxide ion concentrations from pH or pOH, and vice versa.
• Using chemical equations, explain how buffers work, including the physiological buffers.
• Identify the structural components of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
• Write the structures of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids from their component molecules and identify the linkages present in these biomolecules.
• Identify the products of the hydrolysis of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
• Describe the four levels of protein structure.
• Explain briefly the role of RNA and DNA in protein biosynthesis.

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