300030 UE Chemical laboratory course for biologists (2007W)

In turn tutorials to the theoretical background and/or the experimental procedures, followed by experiments singly, or in pairs, or in groups.|Introduction to the lab bench equipment. Law of mass action. Acids and bases. Volumetric determinations. Buffer systems. Red-Ox reactions. Gas volumetry.|Qualitative organic analysis: hetero elements, functional grops. Distillation.|Chemistry of natural products: Carbohydrates. Amino acids, peptides and proteins.|Chromatography: Thin layer chromatography. Ion exchange. Chemistry of natural products: Isolation of leaf pigments. Chromatography: Column chromatography. Spectroscopy : Ultraviolet and visible light spectroscopy.|Chemistry of natural products: Isolation of fats and of flavoring components from nutmeg.