Essentials of pharmaceutical chemistry / edited by Donald Cairns

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chemistry of acids and bases -- Dissociation of weak acids and bases -- Hydrolysis of salts -- Amphiprotic salts -- Buffer solutions -- Buffer capacity -- Biological buffers -- Ionisation of drugs -- pKa values of drug molecules -- pH indicators -- Tutorial examples -- Problems.

An introduction to pharmaceutical chemistry for undergraduate pharmacy, chemistry and medicinal chemistry students. Essentials of Pharmaceutical Chemistry is a chemistry introduction that covers all of the core material necessary to provide an understanding of the basic chemistry of drug molecules. Now a core text on many university courses, it contains numerous worked examples and problems.