Unit 1: Introduction to Biochemistry

1.1: Course introduction

1.1.1:

1. Recall the elements that are most abundant in living organisms.
2. Describe the unique properties of carbon that make it the backbone of many of the molecules of life.
3. Explain how the atoms involved in a bond contribute to the geometry, strength, and electron density of that bond.

1.1.2:

• Describe the difference between conformation and configuration.
• Identify the chiral 手性carbons in a given molecule.

1.1.3:

• Classify an organism as a phototroph, chemotroph, autotroph or heterotroph based on its source of energy and source of carbon to build organic molecules.
• Define the terms Gibb's free energy, entropy, and enthalpy.

1.1.4:

• Predict the direction of a reaction given the free energy, or the entropy and enthalpy parameters of the reaction.
• Predict the direction of a reaction given an equilibrium constant and the initial concentrations of the substance and product of the reaction.
• Calculate free energy of a reaction at the standard condition given its equilibrium constant and temperature.