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Learning Objectives
Aft er studying this unit, the students will be able to
recognize the term drug and chemotherapy
classify the drugs based on their properties
describe the drug-target interaction.
discuss some important classes of drugs.
explain the chemistry of cleansing agents
describe the chemicals in food
explain the important terms in polymer chemistry.
describe the preparation of some important synthetic polymers
appreciate the importance of polymers in today life
CHEMISTRY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
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Vladimir Prelog
Prof. Vladimir Prelog was a Swiss Chemist who shared 1975 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John W Cornforth for his work on Stereo Chemistry. He has done wide ranging research on alkaloids, antibiotics, enzymes and other natural compounds. He was distinguished for his contribution to the development of modern stereo chemistry. Prelog synthesized many natural products and worked on problems of stereo chemistry like adamenline, boromycin analoids and rifamycins
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INTRODUCTION Chemistry touches every aspect of our lives. The three-basic requirement of our life: food,
clothes, shelter are all basically chemical compounds. Infact, life itself is a complicated system of interrelated chemical process. In this unit, we will learn the chemistry involved in the field of medicines, food materials, cleansing agents and polymers.