ABSTRACT

BIOS Instant Notes Chemistry for Biologists, Third Edition, is the perfect text for undergraduates looking for a concise introduction to the subject, or a study guide to use before examinations. Each topic begins with a summary of essential facts-an ideal revision checklist-followed by a description of the subject that focuses on core information, with clear, simple diagrams that are easy for students to understand and recall in essays and exams.  

BIOS Instant Notes Chemistry for Biologists, Third Edition, is fully up-to-date and covers:

  • The elements
  • Chemical bonds and molecular shape
  • Water- the biological solvent
  • Carbon, the basis for life on Earth
  • 3D-molecular structure of organic compounds
  • Small inorganic molecules of biological importance
  • Some metals in biology
  • Molecular interactions
  • Common reaction types of carbon based compounds
  • Organic compounds by chemical class
  • Aromatic compunds 
  • Chemical synthesis of biological molecules 
  • Important biological macromolecules by class
  • Aqueous behaviour
  • Elementary thermodynamics 
  • Kinetics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Units and calculations

part |2 pages

SECTION A – THE ELEMENTS A2 Electron configuration

chapter |8 pages

SECTION A – THE ELEMENTS A3 Isotopes

part |2 pages

SECTION O – ELEMENTARY THERMODYNAMICS O1 Basic concepts

part |2 pages

SECTION P – KINETICS P2 Determination of reaction order

chapter |3 pages

SECTION P – KINETICS P3 Molecularity

chapter |4 pages

Definitions and conversions

chapter |1 pages

Abbreviations

chapter |2 pages

Further reading