Medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry are disciplines of pharmacy at the intersection of chemistry, especially synthetic organic chemistry, and pharmacology and various other biological specialties, where they are involved with design, chemical synthesis and development for market of pharmaceutical agentsrganic/Medicinal Chemistry. Organic chemistry deals with the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and other materials that contain carbon and involves the study of chemical reactions. Chemistry faculty conduct scientific studies on the chemistry of DNA, proteins, and carbohydrates.