Biology Chapter 4 Carbon, The Backbone Of Life Flashcards
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Carbon
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The ability to bond four atoms allows carbon to be the backbone for large complex molecules
Effects the Function of the compound
The carbons are in the same plane as the carbons
2
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Common bonds with carbon are
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Hydrogen, oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon
3
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Structural isomers
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Have different covalent arrangement of their atoms
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Cis trans isomers
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Have the same covalent bonds but differ in spatial arrangement
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Enantiomers isomers
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Are mirror images of each other
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Hydroxyl
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Hydrogen bonds/ compound name Alcohol properties is -OH
7
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Carbonyl
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Sugar aka Ketoses and Aldoses often structural isomers acts like acid properties is C double bond O C=O
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Amino
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Removes and acts like a base C double bond O and OH C=O-OH
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Sulfhydryl
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Protein structure/ compound name is Thiol N-H-H
