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Biochemistry of Molecules Flashcards

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Why is chemistry important?

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  • Involved in every biological process
  • structure, function and interaction of bio molecules is dependent on chemistry principles
  • supplements/ medicine - impact the reactions
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What do atoms consist of?

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Protons (+ve), neutrons (neutral) and electrons (-ve)

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What determines the element we have?

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The number of protons

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What is the atomic number?

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The number of protons

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Why is the atom neutral?

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Same number of protons and neutrons

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What is the atomic mass?

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Protons+ neutrons

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What is an isotope?

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Same element but has different numbers of neutrons (changing atomic mass but not chemical properties)

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What are radioactive isotopes called?

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Radioisotopes

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3 uses of isotopes

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Carbon dating - 14C - age of organic artefacts due to half life
Medicine- Tc attached to a pharmaceutical to deliver it to a target site
Anti doping- measures metabolite

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What are the 5 key topics in chemistry?

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Polarity
Intermolecular forces
Functional groups
pH
Molarity

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What is a functional group?

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The functional group is an arrangement of atoms that is responsible for the chemical characteristics of a compound (e.g. how it reacts with other compounds)

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What are the 3 main types of functional groups?

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Hydroxyl
Amine
Carbonyl

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What is a hydroxyl group?

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Oxygen bonded to a hydrogen and an organic molecule (carbon)
Polar bond between O and H

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What is an amine group?

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Contain a nitrogen atom with a lone pair of electrons

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What is a carbonyl group?

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Carbon atom is double bonded to an oxygen and 2 side chains

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What is an intermolecular force?

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A force between molecules
Driven by polarisation
Stronger forces = more energy to break molecules apart

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What is a van der Waals force/interaction?

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Electrons that orbit the nucleus create a cloud of -ve charge
can be temporarily concentrated to one part of the atom and attracted to the +ve end of another molecule
Stronger = higher bpt

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Dipole Dipole attractions

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Permanently in a state of polarisation so are attracted to each other

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What is a covalent bond?

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Bonds within a molecule

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How does a hydrogen bond form?

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Hydrogen is covalently bonded to fluorine, nitrogen or oxygen

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Intermolecular forces within ionic compounds

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Transfer electrons so atoms are permanently charged
forms a large lattice structure
High strength = high bpt

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Importance of ionic solutions

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Used to maintain cell potentials and cell signalling

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What is a mole?

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Avogadro’s constant = 6.02 x 10`23

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What is molar concentration?

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Refers to the number of moles of a substance in a defined volume

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What is the equation for molarity?

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Mass= molecular weight x number of moles

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What is pH?

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Term used to describe the acidity of a solution
Relates to the concn of H+ ions present
More H+ = more acidic

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Importance of pH?

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Blood is kept at 7.4
If you change this pH proteins may unfold or deform

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What is polarisation?

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Atoms have differing levels of electronegativity which attracts shared electron pairs towards them which can create a polar bond where the more electro-ve atom becomes -ve charged

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What is electronegativity?

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a measure of the ability of an atom that is bonded to another atom to attract electrons to itself

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What is the importance of polarity?

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Polar molecules are soluble in water
Determines its ability to transport in/ out of cells

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What is a dipole?

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Difference in electronegativity between 2 atoms.
A difference greater than 2 = ionic bond
A difference less than o.5 = non polar covalent
Between 0.5 and 2 = polar covalent

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