| Course title | |||||
| 生命無機化学 [Bioinorganic Chemistry] | |||||
| Course category | technology speciality courses,ets. | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 2～4 | Semester | Fall | |
| Course type | Fall | Course code | 022115 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 中村 暢文 [NAKAMURA Nobufumi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| Students learn the basics of inorganic chemistry and metal ions working in vivo. This is the one class in the category of the basic life sciences. |
| Expected Learning |
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Inorganic compounds and metal ions play important roles in the life. Students who successfully complete this class will be able to: 1) Recognize inorganic chemistry and coordination chemistry. 2) Ｕnderstand the function of inorganic ions and metalloproteins in vivo. |
| Course schedule |
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Week 1: Orientation of this class. Week 2: Structure of Atoms and the periodic table. Week 3: Properties of elements. Week 4: Structure of inorganic compounds. Week 5: s-, p-, d-, f-block elements. Week 6: Valence bond theory. Week 7: Ligand field theory. Week 8: Midterm examination. Week 9: Living body essential elements. Week 10: Metalloproteins and metalloenzyms I. Week 11: Metalloproteins and metalloenzyms II. Week 12: Ion transport for metal ions and the homeostasis. Week 13: Interaction between metal ions and nucleic acids. Week 14: Physico-chemical methods for the bioinorganic compounds. Week 15: Final examination. |
| Prerequisites |
| Students entering this class are assumed to have had“Basic quantum mechanics”. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| None |
| References |
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1) "Bioinorganic Chemistry", O. Yamauchi, S. Suzuki, T. Sakurai, ASAKURA-SYOTEN, 2012, JAPAN. 2) "Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry", S. J. Lippard and J. M. Berg, University Science Books,1994, USA |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Grades will be assigned based on students' performance on examination, quizzes, and reports. Midterm examination; 40% and Final examination; 60%. Quizzes and reports will cause +alpha. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Let's learn about the important role that metal ions play in key biological processes. |
| Course keywords |
| Office hours |
| 16:00-17:00 Friday; Room 307, 3rd floor, 12th Building, Koganei Campus |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 3/29/2018 2:57:45 PM |