General, organic, and biochemistry

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Main Authors: Denniston K. J. (Katherine J.)
Group Author: Topping Joseph J.; Caret Robert L., 1947-
Published: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J.
Publication Dates: c2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xxxi, 880 p.: ill. ; 28 cm.
Index Number: O62
CLC: O62
Q5
Call Number: O62/D411/4th.ed.
Contents: Originally published: Boston, MA : McGraw Hill, c2004. 4th ed.
Includes index.
General chemistry: Chemistry, methods and measurement; Composition and structure of the atom; Elements, atoms, ions, and the periodic table; Structure and properties of ionic and covalent compounds; Calculations and the chemical equation; States of matter, gases, liquids, and solids; Reactions and solutions; Chemical and physical change, energy, rate, and equilibrium; Charge-transfer reactions, acids and bases and oxidation-reduction; Nucleus, radioactivity, and nuclear medicine -- Organic chemistry: Introduction to organic chemistry, the saturated hydrocarbons; Unsaturated hydrocarbons, alkenes, alkynes, and aromatics; Alcohols, phenols, thiols, and ethers; Aldehydes and ketones; Carboxylic acids and carboxylic acid derivatives; Amines and amides -- Biochemistry: Carbohydrates; Lipids and their functions in biochemical systems; Protein structure and function; Enzymes; Carbohydrate metabolism; Aerobic respiration and energy production; Fatty acid metabolism; Introduction to molecular genetics -- Appendixes: Review of mathematics applied to problem solving in chemistry; Table of formula weights; Determination of composition and formulas of compounds; Stereochemistry and stereoisomers revisited; Lipid-soluble vitamins; Water-soluble vitamins; Energy yields from aerobic respiration, some alternatives; Minerals and cellular function -- Glossary -- Answers to odd-numbered problems.