Chemistry for the life sciences /
Raul Sutton, Bernard Rockett, and Peter Swindells
- Second edition
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009
- xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes index.
Elements, atoms, and electrons -- Covalent bonding and molecules -- Forces within and between molecules -- Chemical reactions -- Water -- Acids, bases, and buffers -- Gases -- Aliphatic carbon compounds -- Lipids, sugars, and linkages between reactive groups -- Aromatic carbon compounds and isomerism -- Organic and biological reaction mechanisms -- Sulphur and phosphorus -- Oxidation and reduction reactions -- Metals in biology -- Energy -- Reactions and equilibrium -- Light
This book is intended as a self-study text for first-year undergraduate life scienctist.