chapter 4 Flashcards
organic chem
compounds containing carbon living and nonliving
what did stanly miller realize with his earth conditions experiment
organic molecules are the origin of life, but are also found in nonliving molecules
electron configuration
determines the kinds & number of bonds an atom will form with other atoms
valence
number of unpaired electrons in the valence shell of an atom
hydrocarbons
organic molecules consisting only of carbon and hydrogen covalently bonded
isomers
compounds that have the same number of atoms and elements, but have different structures and properties
structural isomers
differ in the covalent arrangements of their atoms
cis-trans isomers
carbons have covalent bonds to the same atoms, but these atoms differ in their spatial arrangements due to the inflexibility of bonds
enantiomers
isomers that are minor images of each other and that differ in shape due to asymmetric carbon
functional groups
chemical groups directly involved in chemical reactions and (they all have different properties)
adenosine triphosphate (atp)
organic phosphate that is responsible for the cell’s functioning
all living matter consists of what elements
carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and small amounts of phosphorus and sulfur
what functional group is alcohol
hydroxyl
what function group is amine
amino
which functional group is ketone
carbonyl