Chapter 4

Question 1

What is the electron congifuration?

Answer 1

Carbon can form four covalent bonds, known as tetravalence.

Question 2

How do Carbon Skeleton vary?

Answer 2

In legnth and shape.

Question 3

What are hydrocarbons made of?

Answer 3

Carbon and hydrogen atoms only

Question 4

What are Structural isomers?

Answer 4

Different covalent arrangments of atoms

Question 5

Geometric isomers

Answer 5

same covalent arrangement ,but different spatial arrangements

Question 6

Enantiomers

Answer 6

Mirror images of each other

Question 7

What are functional groups?

Answer 7

Componenets of organic molecules that are most commonly involved in chemical reactions

Question 8

Hydroxyl

Answer 8

-OH ; HO-

Alcohols

Polar

Question 9

Carbonyl

Answer 9

Ketons if the carbonyl group is within a carbon skeleton

Aldehydes if at the end of a carbon skeleton

Question 10

Carboxyl

Answer 10

Acid

Polar

Question 11

Amino

Answer 11

Acts as a base

Question 12

Sulhydryl

Answer 12

-SH

Thiols

Crooss linking to help stabilize proteins structures

Question 13

Phosphate

Answer 13

P surrounds by Oxygen

Question 14

Methyl

Answer 14

Methylated compounds