1.1: Course introduction
1.1.1:
- Recall the elements that are most abundant in living organisms.
- Describe the unique properties of carbon that make it the backbone of many of the molecules of life.
- 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.
