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What molecules are in a Hydroxyl group

-oh
What molecules are in a carbonyl group

>c=O
What molecules are in a carboxyl group

-cooh
What molecules are in a amino group

-nh2
What molecules are in a phosphate group?

-OPO3^2`
What molecules are in a methyl group

-ch₃
What are the 5 functional groups?
- hydroxyl group
- carbonyl group
- carboxyl
- amino group
- phosphate group
Are the 5 functional groups polar? Why

yes, their oxygen or nitrogen atoms exert a strong pull on shared electrons
What is hydrophilic? what does it render molecules as?

Water-loving, therefore soluble in water
Is the methyl group polar or non polar

non
What does the hydroxyl group contain?

hydrogen atom bonded to an oxygen atom
What are organic compounds containing a hydroxl group called?

alcohols
What is contained in a carbonyl group?

a carbon atom linked by a double bond to an oxygen atom
If the carbonyl group is at the end of a carbon skeleton is it called _______

an aldehyde
What is a carboxyl group consist of?

carbon double-bonded to a hydroxyl group
How does the carboxyl group serve as an acid?

by contributing an H+
What is an amino group consist of?

nitrogen bonded to two hydrogen atoms and the carbon skeleton
How does the amino group act as a base?

by picking up an H+
What does the phosphate group consist of?

phosphorus atom bonded to 4 oxygen atoms
is a phosphate group ionized?

yes
How is a phosphate group abbreviated

as P in a circle
Compounds with phosphate groups are called what?

organic phophates
What are compounds with phosphate groups (organic phosphates) involved in?

Energy transfers as is the energy compound ATP
What does a methyl group consist of?

carbon bonded to 3 hydrogens

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Card Set

3.2

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Characteristic chemical groups help determine the properties of organic compounds

Updated

2011-04-06T07:50:36Z

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