Foundation Chemistry

Welcome to the course OFD 102: Foundation Chemistry. This is a One Unit course. In this course you will learn the following: The Structure and States of Matter, Chemical Reactions, Molecular Structure and Bonding in Diatomic Molecules and Solutions, Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Unsaturated Hydrocarbons, Saturated Hydrocarbons, Alcohols and Ethers, Aldehydes and Ketones, Carboxylic Acids, Amines, Amides, Carbohydrates, Lipids and Proteins.

The following references , and any other relevant textbooks, can help you understanding this course:

1. Masterton WL. Hurley CN (2009). Chemistry: Principles and Reactions, 6th Edition, Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, USA
2. Timberlake KC (2012). Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, 11th Edition, Prentice Hall
3. Zuhmdahl SS and Zumdahl SA (2010) Chemistry, 8th Edition, Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, USA
4. Chang R (2010) Chemistry, 10th Edition, McGraw Hill Higher Education, New York
5. Smith JG (2010). General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, McGraw Hill Higher Education, New York
6. Stoker HS (2007). General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, 4th Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston

Please you all means to ensure that you have the materials for reading.

Wish you all the best.