Carbon EXAM 1

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why is carbon vital for life
- has 4 valence electron
- common building partners are H O N C
- carbon chains form
4 organic macros
- carbs
- lipids
- proteins
- nucleic acid
hydrocarbon
- carbon and hydrogen (duh)
- fats usually have them
- release a lot of energy
isomer

are compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures and properties
Structural isomers

have different covalent arrangements of their atoms
Geometric isomers

have the same covalent arrangements but differ in spatial arrangements
Enantiomers

isomers that are mirrored!
cis isomer
- geometric
- x on same side
trans isomer
- geometric
- x on opposite sides
sterioisomer

geometric and enatiomer
enantiomer example in pharmacy
- ibuprofen vs albuterol
- s vs r is the mirrors, one works one doesn't
functional group
- molecular level
- are the components of organic molecules that are most commonly involved in chemical reactions
- The number and arrangement of functional groups give each molecule its unique properties
common functional groups
- –Hydroxyl group
- –Carbonyl group
- –Carboxyl group
- –Amino group
- –Sulfhydryl group
- –Phosphate group
- –Methyl group
hydroxyl
- OH
- alcohol
- polar
- end in ol
carboxyl (acid)
- covalent bond
- double bond w/ CO and attached OH
Amino Base
- NH2
- Amines
- act like base
sulfhydryl
- SH
- Thiols
- cross linking stabilize protein
Phosphate
- OP
- organic phosphate
- release energy
Methyl
- CH3
- methylated compounds
- expression in gene of DNA
carbonyl

carbon oxygen double bond

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Carbon EXAM 1

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Biology

Updated

2013-09-12T00:23:43Z

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