This free advanced chemistry course covers characteristics and reactions of amines, amino acids, peptides and amides. Organic nitrogen compounds are essential building blocks for living organisms and are used in many industries. Amines, amino acids and amides are all nitrogen compounds detailed in this advanced chemistry course. We discuss their classification, naming, structure, formation and different reactions. You will also learn about peptides, which form proteins with long chains, and everything the process of electrophoresis entails.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201500 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Define 'amines', 'amino acids', 'peptides' and 'amides' • Classify amines and amino acids, and summarise their various types • Explain the naming and structure of amines and amino acids • Describe the formation of amines, preparation of amides and how they undergo acid and basic hydrolysis • Discuss the reactions of amines and amides, including electrophilic aromatic substitution and phenylamine diazotisation • Describe acid and alkali hydrolysis • Indicate various amide compounds • Discuss the notion of electrophoresis |
| Course Code | 5709 |

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