A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Medicines by Design



Medicines by Design is the thirteenth unit in the Salters Advanced Chemistry course.

Chemical Storylines sections

 * MD1 Alcohol in the body
 * MD2 The drug action of ethanol
 * MD3 Medicines that send messages to nerves
 * MD4 Enzyme inhibitors as medicines
 * MD5 Targeting bacteria
 * MD6 Summary

Chemical Ideas sections

 * 1.1 Amount of substance
 * 13.7 Aldehydes and ketones
 * 7.6 Chromatography (revision)
 * 14.1 Planning a synthesis
 * 14.2 Summary of organic reactions
 * 6.4 Infrared spectroscopy (revision)
 * 13.9 Amino acids (revision)
 * 6.5 Mass spectrometry (revision)
 * 6.6 Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (revision)
 * 6.8 Ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy (revision)

Activities

 * MD1.1 Aldehydes and ketones
 * MD1.2 BAC determination using gas-liquid chromatography
 * MD3.1 Making a toolkit of organic reactions
 * MD3.2 Classifying reactions
 * MD3.3 Using the toolkit to synthesise medicines
 * MD3.4 Manufacturing salbutamol (Optional extension)
 * MD5.1 Making and testing a penicillin
 * MD5.2 A closer look at the structure of penicillins (Optional extension)
 * MD6 Check your notes on Medicines by Design'''