The Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department at Gurugram Global College of Pharmacy stands at the forefront of academic excellence in the field of pharmacy education and research. This department plays a vital role in bridging the gap between chemistry and pharmacy by focusing on the design, synthesis, and analysis of pharmaceutical compounds that are integral to modern-day drug development. We aim to equip our students with a comprehensive understanding of pharmaceutical chemistry, empowering them to contribute meaningfully to advancements in drug design, formulation, and therapeutic applications.

Main Objective

Our department plays a pivotal role in the B Pharmacy course, providing students with a strong foundation in the chemical aspects of drug development, formulation, and testing.
Students will explore the fundamental aspects of organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmaceutical analysis, all crucial for understanding how drugs are developed, processed, and delivered to patients. The curriculum integrates theoretical learning with hands-on laboratory experience, providing students with a well-rounded education in the field.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry is a stimulating discipline which links many scientific disciplines and allows for collaboration with researchers from other disciplines like biologists, toxicologists, pharmacologists, theoretical chemists, microbiologists, and bio-pharmacists in developing new drugs. Pharmaceutical Chemistry includes subjects like Inorganic Chemistry; Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry.

Inorganic chemistry mainly deals with preparation, chemical properties and assay of different inorganic compounds which are used as drugs. The subject also focuses on the qualitative chemical limit tests of these inorganic ions. The chemical assays of different inorganic drugs are discussed with the chemistry involved in it, as these chemical assays are employed by the pharmaceutical industries and regulatory agencies as a quality control tool.

Organic chemistry mainly focuses on the chemical reactions which are employed in the synthesis and chemical properties of different classes of organic compounds and heterocyclic rings which are present in drug compounds.

Medicinal chemistry core aims to discover and synthesize biologically active small molecules as research tools and drug leads. It mainly focuses on multi-step synthesis for creation of new synthetic drug and isolation of medicinal agents. New molecules with potential pharmaceutical interest or compounds are generated by computational or combinatorial chemistry.

Analytical chemistry deals with interpretation, analysis, quality assessment and quality control studies of raw material and finished products. Separation of the active compound is done using several chromatographic techniques like TLC, HPLC, HPTLC, Ion exchange chromatography etc. High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and its coupling with high-throughput screening (HST) assays simplify the purification and isolation of active compounds. The subject mainly deals with the in-depth study of modern analytical techniques like UV spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, Atomic absorption spectroscopy, mass and NMR spectroscopy. Chromatographic techniques are employed by the pharmaceutical industries in their pharmaceutical research and as a quality control tool.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry labs are fully equipped with equipment like:

• Colorimeter
• Karl Fischer Titrimeter
• Spectrophotometer
• Potentiometer
• Hot Air Oven
• Serological Water Bath
• Flame Photometer
• Digital PH Meter
• Distillation Unit
• Digital Turbidity Meter
• Digital Photofluorometer
• Thermostatic Water Bath
• Reflux Condenser Double/Triple necked
• Wall Mounted Distillation Unit