OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

Objective
The purpose of this course is to examine how worthwhile chemistry is for human life. The lectures will start with the story of elements and chemical substances, followed by global problems arising from ozone depletion and green house effect to learn an important role of chemical reactions. Some aspects of carbon compounds including fullerenes as a new allotrope will be introduced. Finally the lectures will extend to biological materials together with enzymes and metal ions in our life.

Textbook and Reference Books
Textbook: No particular textbook will be used.
Reference Books:

• 1) A. H. Zewail and R. B. Bernstein, Chemical & Engineering News, Vol. 66, 1988. pp. 24-43.
• 2) Lippard, S. J. and Berg, J. M. 1994. Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry. University Science Books, Mill Valley, California.

Lecture Outline

Week 1.	Introduction: What is Chemistry?
Week 2.	Chemical Elements in Human Life
Week 3.	Ozone Depletion in Stratosphere
Week 4.	Chemistry of Green House Effect
Week 5.	Control of Chemical Reactions
Week 6.	Characteristics of Carbon and Related Substances
Week 7.	Fullerenes as a New Carbon Allotrope
Week 8.	Organic Compounds and Life Science
Week 9.	Enzymes and Our Life
Week 10.	Metal Ions in Biological Materials
Week 11.	Colors of Biological Materials
Week 12.	Metal Ions and Health

Grading

Class participation	40%
Term paper	60%