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This is a representative list of topics covered in Organic and Biochemistry - however all programs will be customized for the individual student. |
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 High School
- Rate of reaction
- Formation of large molecules (polymers) such as proteins, nucleic acids and starch
- Bonding characteristics of carbon, simple hydrocarbons, complex polymers and biological molecules
- Amino acids as building blocks of proteins
- System for naming the ten simplest linear hydrocarbons and isomers containing single bonds, simple hydrocarbons
with double and triple bonds, and simple molecules containing a benzene ring
- Functional groups which form the basis of alcohols, ketones, ethers, amines, esters, aldehydes, and organic acids
- R-group structure of amino acids and how they combine to form the polypeptide backbone structure of proteins
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