Chemistry for Pharmacy and the Life Sciences Including Pharmacology and Biomedical Sciences

About this book

Incorporates both physical, inorganic and organic chemistry at degree level.

Contents

*Introduction *Bonding and the Shape of Molecules *Inter and Intra Molecular Forces of Attraction *Conformation and Configuration *Stereoisomerism *Chemical Reactions *Mechanisms and Homolytic Mechanisms *Heterolytic and Pericyclic Reaction Mechanisms *Water, Aqueous Solutions and the Colloidal State *Spectroscopy *Drug Identification and Analysis in Pharmacy *Hydrocarbons *Heterocyclic Systems *Simple Halogen Functional Groups *Alchohol and Phenolic Hydroxyl Groups *Thiols and Thiophenols *Ethers and Thioethers *Sulphoxides and Sulphones *Aldehydes and Ketones *Organic Acids *Esters *Nitrile and Nitro Functional Groups *Carbonic Acid and Related Compounds *Amines *Acid Amides *Lipids *Carbohydrates *Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins *The Nucleic Acids *General Inorganic Chemistry *Silica and Silicates *Complex Compounds and Ions *Radioactivity *Selected Further Reading *Answers to Questions *Index

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