Chemistry for the Life Sciences, Second Edition

Presents short topics tied to numerical or conceptual ideas, reinforced with worked examples and questionsRetaining theuser-friendly style of the first edition, this text is designed to fill the knowledge gap for those life sciences students who have not studied chemistry at an advanced level. It contains new chapters on '· Water, covering the mole concept and colloids· Gases, discussing pressure, gas laws, partial pressure, solubility of gases, and diffusion· Metals in biology, including properties, oxygen carriers, biocatalysis, charge carriers, and toxicityThe authors divide their analysis of carbon compounds into two chapters. One focuses exclusively on aliphatic carbon compounds, while the other provides a greatly expanded exploration of aromatic carbon compounds, isomerism, amines and amino acids, including benzene, aromaticity, types of isomerism, and absolute configuration. With a current examination of organic andbiological reactions, this instructional volume also features end-of-chapter questions and a solutions manual.

Elements, Atoms, and Electrons. Covalent Bonding and Molecules. Forces Within and Between Molecules. Chemical Reactions. Water. Acids, Bases, and Buffers. Gases. Aliphatic Carbon Compounds. Lipids, Sugars, and Linkages Between Reactive Groups. Aromatic Carbon Compounds, Isomerism, Amines, and Amino Acids. Organic and Biological Reaction Mechanisms. Sulphur and Phosphorus. Oxidation and Reduction Reactions. Metals in Biology. Energy. Reactions and Equilibrium. Light. Derivations of Equations. Index.