Department of Chemistry

This course is an introductory to the preparatory for para-clinical and clinical studies. Thus, it includes the fundamental principles of chemistry with a view to its application in later years, and lays a foundation for the scientific approach in medical studies. The syllabus consists of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry. The former touches on the atomic structure and chemical bonds, the gaseous state, solutions, chemical thermodynamics and kinetics, life’s essential elements, water and surface chemistry. Organic Chemistry deals with hydrocarbons, alcohol, alkyl halides, ethers, carbonyl compounds, monocarboxylic acids and derivatives of acids, amines, aromatic compounds, stereochemistry, carbohydrates, amino acid, proteins, and lipids.