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SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY / FACULTY OF MEDICINE
ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
(basic/pre-clinical/clinical modules) – curricula
It is compulsory to choose one subject each semester.
BASICS OF MEDICAL CHEMISTRY
Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecularbiology and Pathobiochemistry
Lecturer: Dr. Gábor Bánhegyi
Lectures: compulsory
Credit: 1
Topics:
1: Basics of atomic and molecular structure, periodic table, bondings.
2: Chemical equations, stoichiometry, reaction types. Acids, bases, salts. Solutions.
Concentrations.
3: Laws of diluted solutions. Electrolytes, ionization of electrolytes. Conductivity. Acid-base
theories.
4: Chemical equilibria. Le Chatelier principle, law of mass action. Equilibria in aequous solutions,
principle of pH. Buffers. Carbon dioxide/hydrocarbonate buffer.
5: Consultation: preparation for the 1 st midterm. Focused on calculations: ionization, pH, buffer,
solubility product.
6: Chemical thermodynamics. Principles of enthalpy, entropy, free enthalpy. Hess’ law. Basics of
reaction kinetics. Activation energy and catalysis.
7: Electrochemistry. Oxidation and reduction, redox systems in the living cells.
8: A short summary of inorganic chemistry. Metals and non-metals. Complexes.
9: Calculations in electrochemistry and thermochemistry.
10. Basics of organic chemistry, hybrid states of carbon, organic reaction types. Isomerism,
structural isomerism. IUPAC nomenclature.
11. Stereochemistry. Geometric and chiral isomerism, nomenclature. Prochirality.
12. The most important groups of organic compounds. Aliphatic and aromatic skeletons, their
reactions. Repetitions of their structures. Consultation before the 2 nd midterm – focused on
organic chemistry.
13. The most important groups of organic compounds according their functional groups, their
reactions. Repetitions of their structures.
14: Closing test. 30 multiple choice questions and 10 structures
Exam: closing test. 30 multiple chice questions and 10 structures
Note: Material of the lectures is available on the website of the Department.
Max. 3 absences are allowed.