Organic, Biochemistry, and Polymers

You should read this chapter if you need to review or learn about  

Hydrocarbon nomenclature Functional groups Polymers Biochemistry 

Proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids Organic reactions 

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We start by acknowledging that our goals are modest as we confront such a vast field as multinuclear NMR. In Section 3.7, we have seen the impact of other nuclei that possess a magnetic moment (especially those with spin one-half) on proton spectra. We will briefly examine the NMR spectrometry of four spin one-half nuclei, which were selected for their historic importance in organic chemistry (and related natural products and pharmaceutical fields), biochemistry, and polymer chemistry. These four nuclei, l5N, 19F, 29Si, and 31P, are presented with a few simple examples and a brief consideration of important experimental factors and limitations. 

Polymer science is a fairly new field in the natural sciences. In the first 15 years it was certainly no more than a special subject of organic chemistry, but around 1940 this new topic started to spread its roots into all the traditional fields of science. The immense influence on biochemistry and biophysics is well known, and our present understanding of the molecular basis of biological processes is inconceivable without Staudinger s pioneering work1,21. 

Pyridine and derivatives of pyridine occur widely in nature as components of alkaloids, vitamins, and coenzymes. These compounds are of continuing interest to theoretical physical, organic, and biochemistry and to industrial chemistry. Pyridine and derivatives have many uses, e.g., herbicides and pesticides, pharmaceuticals, feed supplements, solvents and reagents, and chemicals for the polymer and textile industries. 

The study of proteins is one of the major branches of biochemistry, and there is no clear division between the organic chemistry of proteins and their biochemistry. In this chapter, we begin the study of proteins by learning about their constituents, the amino acids. We also discuss how amino acid monomers are linked into the protein polymer, and how the properties of a protein depend on those of its constituent amino acids. These concepts are needed for the further study of protein structure and function in a biochemistry course. 

An Introduction to Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Synthetic Polymers... 

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