300030 UE Chemical laboratory course for biologists (2019W)

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. Chemistry of natural products: Isolation of fats and of flavoring components from nutmeg.