MSc Bioinorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry of biologically relevant compound classes: Carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and peptides, nucleic acids. Reaction mechanisms to build and degrade carbon compounds. Examples of catalytic reactions: Acid -base catalysis, enzymatic catalysis, metal catalysis (in biological systems). Organic-chemical reactions in water. Comparison between synthesis in biological systems and industrial synthesis. The fundamentals of chromatographic separation. Analysis of biomolecules, e g, peptides, nucleic acids by chemical and spectroscopic methods.