Chemistry for pharmacy and the life sciences : including pharmacology and biomedical science /
Gareth Thomas.
- London ; New York : Prentice Hall/Ellis Horwood, 1996.
- xviii, 631 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [597]) and index.
Introduction -- Bonding and the shapes of molecules -- Inter and intra molecular forces of attraction -- Conformation and configuration -- Stereoisomerism -- Chemical reactions -- Mechanisms and homolytic mechanisms -- Heterolytic and pericyclic reaction mechanisms -- Water, aqueous solutions and the colloidal state -- Spectroscopy -- Drug identification and analysis in pharmacy -- Hydrocarbons -- Heterocyclic systems -- Simple halogen functional groups -- Alcoholic and phenolic hydroxyl groups -- Thiols and thiophenols -- Ethers and thioethers -- Sulphoxides and sulphones -- Aldehydes and ketones -- Organic acids -- Esters -- Nitrile and nitro functional groups -- Carbonic acid and related compounds -- Amines -- Acid amides -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Amino acids, peptides and proteins -- The nucleic acids -- General inorganic chemistry -- Silica and silicates -- Complex compounds and ions -- Radioactivity.