Subject: MEDICAL CHEMISTRY I.
LECTURE
Year, Semester: 1st year/1st semester Number of teaching hours:
WEEK Start End Lecture: 23
Seminar: 40
Lecture 1 Seminar
th th Introduction to Medical Chemistry Quantum
1 09 Sep. 13 Sep. Lecture topics of the week
mechanical model of atoms
th th The periodic table. Types of chemical bonds
2 16 Sep. 20 Sep. Lecture topics of the week
Covalent bonding. Intermolecular forces
rd th
3 23 Sep. 27 Sep. Solutions and colloids Chemical equilibrium Lecture topics of the week
Acid-base equilibria. Buffers. Regulation of
th th
4 30 Sep. 04 Oct. blood pH Lecture topics of the week
Thermodynamics
th th
5 7 Oct. 11 Oct. Electrochemistry Chemical kinetics I Lecture topics of the week
Chemical kinetics II.
Lecture topics of the week
Introduction to organic chemistry (reactant-
th th
6 14 Oct. 18 Oct. substrate, intramolecular electronic
displacement effects, reaction types and
Self Control Test (1st SCT)
mechanisms)
st th
7 21 Oct. 25 Oct. Hydrocarbons I. II. Lecture topics of the week
Aromatic compounds
th st
8 28 Oct. 01 Nov. Organic halogen compounds. Alcohols and Lecture topics of the week
phenols
th th Aldehydes, ketones and quinones Carboxylic
9 04 Nov. 08 Nov. Lecture topics of the week
acids
th th Carboxylic acid derivatives. Organic sulfur
10 11 Nov. 15 Nov. Lecture topics of the week
compounds
th nd
11 18 Nov. 22 Nov. Stereochemistry Lecture topics of the week
th th Nitrogen-containing organic compounds.
12 25 Nov. 29 Nov. Lecture topics of the week
Nitrogen-containing heterocycles
Stereochemistry
nd th
13 02 Dec. 06 Dec. Organic chemistry for life sciences and Lecture topics of the week
medicine
Lecture topics of the week
th th
14 09 Dec. 13 Dec. : Information about the exam period
Self Control Test (2nd SCT)
Requirements:
The program consists of lectures and seminars. Attendance at lectures is not compulsory but essential for the successful
completion of the course. Attendance at seminars is compulsory and recorded. Maximum 3 excused seminar absences
are allowed.
Prerequisites for the Medical Chemistry Lecture I. signature and exam registration: successfully completing the ’Medical
Chemistry Practical I’ subject (with a passing grade or better).
There are two control tests during the semester scheduled for week 6 and week 14. Control tests are optional, and there
is no possibility to rewrite them.
Control tests and final exams will be assessed as follows:
Percentage (%)Mark
0-56 fail (1)
57-65 pass (2)
66-75 satisfactory (3)
76-84 good (4)
85-100 excellent (5)
Students who passed both control tests get an offered grade. Offered grades are registered in Neptun and are accepted
as the final exam grade unless the student declines it by the end (Sunday midnight) of week 14.
The end of semester exam is a written exam consisting of 2 modules: General chemistry and Organic chemistry. There
are 3 exam chances in a semester (A, B and C chance exams). Students may get exempted from a given written exam
module in case they successfully completed the control test of the corresponding module (with a passing grade or better).
Results of control tests and exam modules can be carried to B or C chance exams.
Information for repeaters:
-seminar attendance is compulsory
-results of control tests and written exam modules from the previous year(s) are not considered
-repeaters may write the control tests
