Chem/Phys Equations and Techniques Flashcards

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Translational motion

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∆x = vot + 1/2at2

(Vƒ)2 = (Vo)2 + 2ad

Vƒ = Vo + at

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Frictional force

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fmax = μ Ν

  • N= normal force
  • u= coefficient of friction

μk < μs always

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Uniform circular motion

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Fc = mac = mv2 /r

ac= v2 /r

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Momentum, Impulse

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I = F Δt = ΔM

  • applied force x time

M = mv

  • mass x velocity

Impulse is the change of momentum of an object when the object is acted upon by a force for an interval of time. So, with impulse, you can calculate the change in momentum, or you can use impulse to calculate the average impact force of a collision. A longer collision or impact time translates to a smaller force.

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Work

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W = F d cosθ

W = ∆KE

W = -P∆V

Joules

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Energy (conservation)

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ET = Ek + Ep

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Spring Force, Work

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F = -kx

W = kx2 /2

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Current, Resistivity, Resistance

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I = Q/t

  • Current = quantity of charge / time

R = ρL/A

  • resistivity = p (resistivity of wire) x Length of wire / cross sectional area of wire

V = IR

  • Voltage = current x resistance
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Resistors (series)

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Req = R1 + R2 . . .

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Resistors (parallel)

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1/ Rtot = 1/ R1 + 1/ R2

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Capacitors in Ser.

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1/ Ceq = 1/ C1 + 1/ C2 + 1/ C3

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Capacitors in parallel

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Ceq = C1 + C2 . .

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Sound

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dB = 10 log10 (I/I0)

  • I = intensity
  • Io = minimum threshold of human hearing

beats = Δ ƒ

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Thermodynamics and changing phases

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Q = mc Δ T (MCAT)

  • c= specific heat
    • The specific heat is the amount of heat necessary to change the temperature of 1.00 kg of mass by 1.00ºC.

Q = mL

  • m= mass
  • L = specific latent heat
    • the amount of energy required to change the state of 1 kilogram (kg) of a material without changing its temperature. … latent heat of vaporisation - the amount of energy needed to boil or condense the material at its boiling point.
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Coulomb’s Law:

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F = k∙(q1q2/r2)

This law quantifies the force between two electrically charges particles. The electrical force (F) of repulsion or attraction between the particles is proportional to the product of the charges (q) and is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them (r2). In this equation, k is Coulomb’s constant.

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Kinetic and potential energy

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Ek = 1/2 mv2

Ep = mgh

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Ρressure

Pressure under water

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P = F/A

ΔΡ = ρgΔh

p = fluid density

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Specific Gravity

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SG = ρ substance / ρ water (relative density)

ρ of water= 1 g/cm3 = 103 kg/m3

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Density

Buoyant force

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ρ = mass / volume

Fb = ρgV

  • density of the fluid, gravity, volume of the object

If an object has a specific gravity of .92 (like ice), 92% of the object will be submerged in water

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Optics power and magnification, total magnification

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Power = 1/ i + 1/ o = 1/ f = 2/r

  • f = focal length
  • the power of a converging lens is positive and that of the diverging lens is negative.

M = magnification = - i/o

  • image/object

mtotal= m1 x m2….

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Gibbs Free Energy (standard and nonstandard)

Gas constant R=

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ΔG = ΔH - TΔS

  • if H is positive and S is negative, ∆G always positive
  • if H is negative and S is positive, ∆G always negative (spontaneous)

ΔG° = -RTln Keq

  • R = 8.3145 J/(mol x K)
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Dopplers effect

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Higher frequency when coming towards you, lower when going away

fo = observed

v = speed of sound waves

vo = observer velocity

vs = source velocity

fs = actual frequency of sound waves

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Bernouilli’s Equation

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Bernoulli’s principle: Within a horizontal flow of fluid, points of higher fluid speed will have less pressure than points of slower fluid speed.

P1​+ 1/2​ρv12 ​+ ρgh1​ = P2​ + 1/2​ρv22​ + ρgh2

This equation allows you to analyze a fluid as it moves through a tube and relates the velocity of the fluid to its pressure. For a horizontal tube that changes in diameter, regions where the fluid is moving fast will be under less pressure than regions where the fluid is moving slow. Bernoulli’s equation applies principles of energy conservation to a flowing fluid. In this equation, P is the hydrostatic pressure, ρ is the density of the liquid, v is the velocity, g is gravitational acceleration (9.8 m/s2), and h is the height of the liquid in meters.

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parallel plate capacitor equation

Electric field equation

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C = ε(A/d)

E = V/d

Voltage = electric field x displacement

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Capacitor work
W = 1/2 CV2 * capactitance * V = potential difference, voltage
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Physics math Radians to degrees root 3, root 2 area of circle, circumference
Angle θ may be given in radians (R) where 1 revolution = 2πR = 360° Estimate square root 3 as 1.7 and root 2 as 1.4 Cross-sectional area of a tube = area of a circle = πr2 where π can be estimated as 3.14 and r is the radius of the circle; circumference = 2πr
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Units to memorize
Both work and energy are measured in joules where 1 joule (J) = 1 N × 1 m . {Imperial units: the foot-pound , CGS units: the dyne-centimeter or erg } The SI unit for power is the watt (W) which equals one joule per second (J/s) = volts × amperes. Current is measured in amperes = coulombs/sec. The units of resistance are ohms, symbolized by Ω (omega), where 1 ohm = 1 volt/ampere. The SI unit for pressure is the pascal (1 Pa = 1 N/m2 ). Other units are: 1.00 atm = 1.01 × 105 Pa = 1.01 bar = 760 mmHg = 760 torr. The SI unit for the magnetic induction vector B is the tesla where 1 T = 1 N/(A)(m) = 104 gauss.
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Boyle’s Law: Pressure and volume
PV = constant, P1V1 = P2V2
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Avogadro’s Law:
**V1/n1 = V2/n2**
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Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures:
PTotal = P1 + P2
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Photon Energy: Planck's constant
E = hf E= hc/ λ Planck's constant = 6.62607015 × 10−34
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Snell’s Law:
n1sinθ1 = n2sinθ2 Snell’s Law describes the change in direction of a light ray as it moves from a medium with one refractive index (n1) to another medium with a different refractive index (n2). The angle (sinθ1) of incidence towards the surface and the angle (sinθ2) of refraction are measured relative to a surface normal.
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Lens Equation:
**1/f = 1/o + 1/i** **for a convex lens the focal length will always be positive** for a **concave lens the focal length will always be negative.**
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Van der Waals equation (real gases) What do a and b mean?
P = RT/(V-b) - a/V2 V = molar volume The a and b are called van der Waals constants: The constant a provides a measure of the average attraction of the molecules, whereas constant b adjusts for the volume occupied by the gas particles
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Graham's rate of effusion of gases
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Quantum numbers
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Electronic configuration rules
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Solutions equations molarity molality mole fraction mass percent ppm
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Freezing point depression
m = molality = moles solute/ kg solvent k = constant
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Boiling point elevation
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Osmotic pressure
**πV = nRT**
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Phase diagram for water
It has a negative slope due to the fact that when ice melt, the molar volume decreases. Ice actually melt at lower temperature at higher pressure.
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Large Keq
Indicate reaction has almost gone to completion
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Buffer solution equation | (for pOH)
pOH = pKb + log [HB]/[[B]
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pH equations
pH = -log[H+] pOH = -log[OH] pKa = -log[Ka] pKb = -log[Kb] pH + pOH = 14 pKa + pKb = 14 Ka x Kb = Kw = [OH][H+] = 10-14 (at 298K)
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1st law of thermodynamics
Conservation of energy: energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transformed or moved In Closed Systems: ∆U = Q - W change in internal energy = heat transfer into system - work performed by the system if system performs work, loses energy to environment positive value if work is done on the system Doesn't apply in open systems
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Standard temp and pressure vs standard conditions
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Arrhenius acid and base
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Lewis acid and base
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Bronsted Lowry acid and base
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Rate determining step
Slowest elementary step in reaction First step is rate determining
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Pascal's Law Force and area
F1/A1 = F2/A2
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Molar heat of solution, vaporization, fusion
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Total entropy change
+ entropy change is increase in disorder All spontaneous change occurs with an increase in entropy of the universe. The sum of the entropy change for the system and the surrounding must be positive(+) for a spontaneous process.
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Cell potential
key difference between electrode potential and cell potential is that electrode potential refers to the ability of an electrode in a cell to get reduced or oxidized whereas cell potential is the difference between the electrode potentials of the electrodes present in an electrochemical cell.
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Anode
Electrode where oxidation occurs, half reaction with more negative reduction potential
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Cathode
Electrode where reduction occurs, more positive half reaction reduction potential
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Le Chateliers Principle
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Pressure Pressure of a liquid
**F/A** **density x mass x height**
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Linear and volumetric expansion
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Center of mass
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1 Joule =
N x m
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Torque
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When to use Joules, Watts, Newtons
Newtons is force Joules is work (N x m), kinetic and potential energy Power is watts (J/s)
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Frequency of a wave Speed of a wave (not in a vacuum) Speed of light is in a vacuum
F = 1/T (Hz) * Period (T) is number of seconds per cycle; inverse of frequency v = wavelength x frequency c = fλ
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Magnetic Force
F = qvBsin0
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Acid and base dissociation constants
PRODUCTS OVER REACTANTS (excluding water)
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Michaelis-Mentin Km Vmax Equation
Km is the concentration of substrate which permits the enzyme to achieve half Vmax. An enzyme with a high Km has a low affinity for its substrate, and requires a greater concentration of substrate to achieve Vmax. Vmax is the maximum rate that can be observed in the reaction
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Capacitance energy of a capacitor
**C= q/V** * charge over voltage **C = εA/d** * area of plates over length **E = 1/2 \* C \* V² (also work eq)**
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Power
P = W/t P = Fv P = I2R **Watts = J/s**
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Concave vs. Convex lens focal point (+/-)
Focal point is positive for convex lens, negative for concave lens
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Absorbance
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Focal point =
r/2
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Vapor Pressure equation
If a liquid is exposed to air, some will evaporate into a gas until gas and liquid phases reach equilibrium; increases with temp * pressure exerted by gas above liquid is vapor pressure * Adding solute to liquid reduces amount of gas produced * attraction between solvent and solute particles * surface composed of solvent and solute, less surface area for solvent to evaporate * solutes must be nonvolatile (don't evaporate readily) **P = XaPa​** Vapor pressure in soln = mole fraction x vapor pressure of pure solvent
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Mechanical advantage
Using a mechanical apparatus to perform work using less force * inclined plane, pulley, seesaw for ramps, incline length /incline height gives the amount of force increased by just going vertically **Winput = Woutput** * Increasing distance decreases force put in, increases force put out \*\*Levers can have a mechanical advantage less than one, inclined planes cannot
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Harmonics
**1st harmonic:** Standing wave on a string with only one antinode is lowest frequency wavelength is twice the length of string (1 wavelength is two antinodes) **2nd harmonic**: two antinodes, wavelength = length of string **3rd harmonic:** 3 antinodes, 1.5 wavelengths * **λ = 2L / N** **\*\*antinode** is at peaks
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Competitive inhibition
Binds to enzyme active site, inhibits binding of substrate ("competes with substrate") Increases Km (amount of substrate needed to reach Vmax) No change on Vmax
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Uncompetitive inhibition
Binds at enzyme substrate complex, inhibits binding of substrate Decreases Km Decreases Vmax
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Mixed competitive
Binds at enzyme substrate complex or just enzyme Increase or decrease Km Decrease Vmax
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Noncompetitive inhibitor
Binds at ES complex or enzyme Doesn't inhibit binding of substrate, "noncompetitive" No change for Km Decrease Vmax
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Pressure units
The SI unit for pressure is the pascal (1 Pa = 1 N/m2 ). Other units are: 1.00 atm = 1.01 × 105 Pa = 1.01 bar = 760 mmHg = 760 torr.
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Percent yield Percent Error
Actual/theoretical x 100 Actual -Theoretical /Theoretical x 100
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Ksp
is the equilibrium constant for a solid substance dissolving in an aqueous solution.
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mass
quantitative measure of inertia, a fundamental property of all matter. It is, in effect, the resistance that a body of matter offers to a change in its speed or position upon the application of a force weight = mg m = density x volume F = ma
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Ideal gas kinetic energy equation
KEparticle = 1/2 mparticle vrms2 root mean square velocity = √ 3RT / Mm R = Ideal gas constant Mm = molar mass T = temp (kelvin) Temp and KE related
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Neutralization
When an acid is neutralized, all of the protons from the original acid have reacted with hyroxide ions from added base * ratio of acid to base is 1:1 in moles * Monoprotic acid contains only one acidic proton * Monoprotic base can only accept one proton **MaVa = MbVb** ---\> for monoprotic acids Molarity and volume of acid and base For diprotic and triprotic acids, have to use **normality (moles solute/kg/solvent)**
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Enthalpy, entropy, and temperature
∆G = ∆H - T∆S
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Recrystallization
1. Solid product placed in liquid solvent and heated to dissolve 2. Mixture cooled again and solid allowed to reform * typically excludes many impurities present before **Ideal solvent** is one in which desired product is soluble at high temperature, relatively insoluble in low temp (methanol) Often repeated many times over
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Heating Curve
For heating curves, temp increases until reaches value the bonds become broken and thats where phase change occurs **∆Hf = enthalpy of fusion =** * _how much heat is needed to melt one mole of substance_ (kJ/mol) = Q/m (kJ/kg) * 334 kJ/kg for water (energy required to melt 1 kg of ice) **∆Hvap= enthalpy of vaporization**= If we're melting a block of ice into gas, have to conside **q=mc∆T** + n∆Hvap + n∆Hf * \*\***Phase change:** n comes from grams of original substance times mol/g * multiply this by ∆Hfusion/∆Hvap
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Standard Reduction Potential - half reactions
* Tendencies for atoms to be reduced in any redox reduction half reaction (E°) * measured in volts, relative to each other the more positive an E° is, the more spontaneous the reduction the more negative, the more nonspontaneous the reduction * \*\*Any half reaction can be reversed to form the oxidation half rxn, reaction that is more spontaneous ISN’T reversed * also reverse sign of E° add two potentials for standard potential of full rxn \*Don't need to balance eqn, not affected by stoichiometric constants
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Enantiomeric excess
ee = observed opitcal rotation/specific optical rotation x 100
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Mass Spectroscopy How to determine molecular mass?
Uses magnetism to determine mass * First step is ionization using an electron beam * creates ions and can break apart molecules **parent ion:** ion created by loss of just one electron and no fragmentation (M+) * maintains parent molecular weight but is charged Accelerate into magnetic field and uses Fb = Bqvsin0 to determine the angle of deflection * separated by mass to charge ratio * y axis is relative abundance, x axis is m/z **\*\*\* M+ i**s the peak furthest to the right and thats how you determine the **molecular mass**
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Pouiselles Law (don't need to know equation, just implication) For flow through pipes Venturi Effect
Flow rate = ∆pressuredrop x radius / length **large pressure _drop_ causes flow rate to increase** **increasing radius dramatically increases flow rate** increase in length of tubing decreases flow rate \*\*\*FLOW RATE IS VOLUME of water Venturi Effect: The narrower the tube, the lower the pressure
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Nonconservative forces
Dissipate energy, path dependent * friction, air resistance, viscosity **F = mg** **Gm1m2 / r2** Gravitational force between two masses
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Gravitational force between two masses
Gm1m2 / r2 r = distance between them
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Amphoteric
Can either accept or donate a proton (acid and base) water, amino acids
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If you are experimenting with an acid-base equilibrium reaction,
the keq value is Ka, also known as acidity constant, which measures the strength of an acid in solution
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Projectile Motion
Only force acting on object is gravity; no horizontal acceleration, force stopped acting on object when enters arc - Movment in x and y direction function independently - \*\*Time is connector between x and y components - Projectile has some initial vertical velocity vx = vicosθ dx = vxt vy = visinθ + gt vy = 0 at top of curve then use kinematic eqns vf2 = vi2 + 2ady vf = vi + at ∆d = vit + .5at2
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calorie
The amount of energy required to raise the temp of 1 gram of water by 1 deg C
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Chromatography
In all chromatography, two phases: **Mobile phase:** moving fluid or gas **Stationary phase:** immobile substance that retains some molecules moving through the mobile phase Solutes travelling at different speeds based on affinity for mobile and stationary phases
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-log[A x 10-B] =
B - 0.A
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Electric force vs. magnetic force equation
Magnetic **Fb = qvBsin0** Electric **F= -k Q1Q2 / d2 ,** ends up being **F = kq/d2** * COULOMBS LAW * negative cancels with negative charge
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Uniform Electric Field and Work done by electric current
**F=Eq** **W = q∆V**
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Units and prefixes
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Proportional symbol
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What properties of waves is unaffected by passing through a new medium
Frequency
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Flow rate
Q = vA v = velocity A = area ( look for units2)
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Ksp
Ksp = [A+]a[B-]b A= cation B = anion
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If reaction is spontaneous, what is Keq value
**ΔG = –RTln(Keq)** Keq is \> 1
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Inclined planes
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Extraction (separation technique) Can you separate two different acids using extraction?
Takes advantage of two liquid phases: **polar aqueous phase (usually water)** and relatively **nonpolar organic phase** (organic solvent, immiscible with water (don't mix)) liquid half in separatory funnel, denser liquid at the bottom Like dissolves like, shaking the funnel separates them into polar and nonpolar solutes * \*\*If compound is uncharged and has both polar and nonpolar groups, **non polar groups win** * by using acid base properties, you can add protons to create polarity Can separate two different acids if they have very different pKa's
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Simple Distillation (for very different boiling points) vs Fractional
Separates liquid by their boiling point using votality and vapor pressure * vapor pressure: pressure exerted by liquid molecules * Round bottom flask with mixture is heated * Liquid becomes gas and rises up to a condensor * Cold water around condensor changes gas back to liquid Doesn't always separate perfectly --\> REPEAT DISTILLATIONS **Fractional:** Uses fractional distillation to separate liquids with close boiling points **1. Increases vertical distance** that vapor travels 2. Allows vapor to recondense and revaporize repeatedly
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Thin Layer Chromatography Retention Factor
Can be used to detect impurities in a sample **Stationary phase:** glass or plastic plate coated with a thin layer of absorbent material like **silica gel (HIGHLY POLAR)** **Mobile phase:** **nonpolar solvent** such as hexane, referred to as **"eluent"** 1. Spots are placed at bottom of stationary phase plate and just above mobile phase solvent **2. Capillary action** pulls mobile phase up the plate, compounds in the sample will also travel upward Nonpolar particles travel further than polar (have higher affinity for plate and don't want to move) Allows us to make rough measurements of polarity of compounds using **Retention Factor (Rf)** = **distance travelled by compound/distance travelled by solvent** - nonpolar compounds have higher Rf typically
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Column Chromatography
**1. size exclusion:** separate components based on **physical size** * stationary phase has pore studded beads, **larger molecules pass through faster (OPPOSITE of what we'd think)** **2. cation exchange:** traps positive molecules, negatively charged stationary phase **3. anion exchange:** opposite 4. **affinity:** ligands designed to bind to molecule of interest are attached to stationary phase * once solution has passed through, dissociate bound compound of interest **5. gas-liquid:** gas mobile phase and sample, liquid is stationary phase * time spent in compound depends on volatility and affinity * smaller compounds have earlier peaks when analyzed
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To begin crystallization and recrystallization, requires initial...
**Nucleation** Nucleus or tiny seed crystal initiates crystallization Scratch side of glass
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Spectroscopy Infrared spectroscopy
Analysis of molecules based on interaction with electromagnetic radiation ## Footnote **IR:** Uses infrared radiation and molecule interactions \*\*\*different bonds have distinct ways of interacting with IR radiation \*\* must be a dipole present, usually polar covalent bonds vibrational frequencies: even those with dipole present, requires specific frequency of IR radiation to stretch or bend **x-axis:** different wavelengths of IR radiation **y-axis**: transmittance (low transmittance means high absorption)
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For IR spectroscopy, double bonds with carbon appear at \_\_\_\_ \*\*\*\*Carbonyl Triple bonds are at \_\_\_ \*\*\*O-H bonds are at \_\_\_ N-H bonds \_\_\_\_
Low frequency (below 2000) \*\*\* Carbonyl at 1650, SHARP PEAK Medium frequency (low 2000s) 3100-3500 BROAD AND WIDE 3300-3500
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Absorption UV/Vis spectroscopy
Colored compounds absorb some wavelengths of light and reflect others; we perceive an object to have color of the wavelength it reflects UV/Vis spectroscopy is basically identifying compounds based on their color
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy Number of peaks for HNMR =?
Characterizing a molecules atoms (unlike IR which characterizes bonds) by how they interact with magnetic field * either spin with field at lower energy or against it **1HNMR and 13CNMR** **upfield:** to the right, shielding **downfield:** to the left, deshielding Location on graph depends on **shielding and deshielding** of nucleus; **carboxylic acids and electronegative atoms are deshielding and to the left on graph** * use n+1 for number of hydrogens on carbons adjacent to the target carbon * this equates to its number of peaks on graph
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Gel electrophoresis Which way days DNA migrate
Charged macromolecules like DNA or protein are suspended in agarose gel and migrate due to application of electric current (like electrolytic cells) Separates by size or charge * **Cathode**: negative charge * **Anode:** positive charge DNA negative phosphate groups move towards anode \*\*\*Can isolate to just size by negating charge of proteins using SDS (anionic detergent) which UNFOLDS and makes neutral charge * requires reducing agent to fully denature quaternary/tertiary structure
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Hybridization lab technique
ssDNA or RNA to bond with cDNA or cRNA Used to anneal DNA strands and artificially replicate DNA
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
Repeated cycles of DNA sequencing that **doubles them each time** Can also amplify RNA if it is **reverse transcribed** Primers specific to target sequence 1. Reaction heated to 95 deg C to denature two strands of DNA 2. Cooled to allow primers to anneal to template strands 3. Heated again to initiate synthesis by DNA polymerase = Taq polymerase Heating and cooling done by thermocyclers
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Protein purification
1. Extract by lysing cellular membranes either by freezing and thawing, solvents, detergents * often treated with protease inhibitors to keep lysed proteins from degrading other cells * cooled and pH maintained 2. Separation by **centrifugation** * **pellet**: heavy dense particles * **supernatant:** proteins usually stay in solution * or by solubility: changing salt concentrations of surroundings 3. Use chromatography to isolate desired protein
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Temperature and Resistance
Temp and resistance increase linearly
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Best primers of PCR
Best primers for PCR have a high GC content and CG bases in 5′ and 3′
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Red litmus paper
Red litmus paper is a base indicator. It turns blue at 8.1 pH and higher. While not a measure of pH levels, it's a quick and accurate way to determine if a solution is alkaline
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Transition metals and color
The color arises because nickel(II) ion has partially filled d orbitals and the electrons in the lower energy d orbitals absorb visible light to move to the higher energy d orbitals.
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The energy of electromagnetic radiation is directly proportional to
the number of photons, and the intensity of electromagnetic radiation is defined as energy emitted per unit time. Thus, intensity is directly proportional to the number of photons emitted
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Free fall problems
**vi = 0** **a = g** **d = y** d = vit + 1/2gt2 or vf2 = vi2 + 2gy
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Maillard Reaction
Gives food its distinctive brown color when burned; occurs between 140 and 160 deg C * Amino acids in foods react with certain carbohydrates * happens faster under basic conditions, amino groups deprotonated At very high temps, carcinogen acrylamide can form if the food is charged Reducing sugars act as reducing agents with amino acids * All monosaccharides any sugar with free aldehyde and non-aldose sugars that can be converted to an aldose (fructose) * due to keto-enol tautamerism * disaccharides and polysaccharides with free anomeric carbons **Cu2+, Ag+, Fe3+ detect reducing sugar presence in reactions**
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Tollen's Test (reaction?) Benedicts Test (reaction?) Both test for \_\_\_\_
Testing for reducing sugars; Diagnosis of diabetes; diabetics have abnormally high blood glucose from not producing enough insulin or cells not responding to it * excess glucose ends up in urine **Tollen's Test:** Silver ions used to oxidize an aldose (reducing sugar) which produces solid silver **Benedicts Test:** Similar reaction with Cu2+ instead; begins with bright blue color and turns into red
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ELISA
Utilizes carefully picked antibodies to detect a substance of interest
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Refraction
If wave travels from one medium into another * changes speed of waves and bends the light * Light only refracts when it hits medium at an angle * **Dispersal of light:** light with a longer wavelength (like red light) doesn't change speed or bend as much as that with a shorter wavelength when passing into a new medium **n = c / v** * c = speed of light in a vacuum * v = light speed in medium * n is always greater than 1; nair is pretty much 1
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Formal charge
Valence electrons of atom - bonds - nonbonded electrons
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Redox reactions are usually
**Single displacement -** free elements have oxidation state of 0, can change when bonded in a compound **Combustion-** hydrocarbon + oxygen = CO2 + water **Combination-** A + B --\> AB
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Nuclear fusion
Two or more nuclei are forced together by extremely high levels of energy(like the sun), causing them to merge into new larger nucleus * releases a lot of energy due to dissipation of binding energy of larger nucleus **produces a neutron**
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Nuclear fission
Large nucleus split into 2 or more nuclei no nuclear particles lost
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Photoelectric effect
Light shone on a metal surface causes electrons to be emitted from the metal * **Ekinetic = hf - Φ** net energy, the energy of the emitted photon minus the energy needed to remove the electron.
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Absolute pressure
Pressure of a liquid on an object as well as atmospheric pressure above it **Pabsolute = Patmospheric + Phydrostatic** \*atmospheric pressure is higher at lower altitude
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Surface tension
\*\*at the interface between air and water at the surface, the water molecules forces act unevenly on the ones at the surface and has no interactions with the air molecules * this imbalance of forces creates tension Surface tension = **Force / Length (N/m)**
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Cohesion forces Adhesion forces Meniscus
Effect of intermolecular forces within a given substance causing them to stick together **Adhesion forces** are molecules sticking to another type of molecule * if adhesive forces are stronger than surface tension forces, liquid will crawl up walls of container and surface is curved (concave)(**meniscus)** if fluid acts more strongly with itself than walls of container, has a convex shape
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Laminar Flow vs Turbulent Flow
**Laminar Flow:** flowing fluid composed of parallel layers that may be moving at different velocities **Turbulent flow:** flowing fluid composed of mixed layers that vary in pressure and speed * the higher the velocity, the more likely the flow is to become turbulent
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Harmonics of strings
**1st harmonic:** Standing wave on a string with only one antinode is lowest frequency * wavelength is twice the length of string (1 wavelength is two antinodes) **2nd harmonic:** two antinodes, wavelength = length of string **3rd harmonic:** 3 antinodes, 1.5 wavelengths **λ = 2L / N** * for 3rd harmonic, N= 3 * L = length of string
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Mass defect
Mass defect is the difference between the predicted mass and the actual mass of an atom's nucleus. The **binding energy of a system can appear as extra mass,** which accounts for this difference.
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Electron donating groups
Groups with electron pairs to donate The oxygen anion, **-O-** Alcohol groups, **-OH** Amine groups, **-NH2 or -NR2** Ethers, **-OR** **Alkyl groups** are also weakly electron-donating.
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Electron withdrawing groups
EWGs **make electrophiles stronger,** because the electron-withdrawing effect makes any carbon center even more electron deficient than before. EWGs **make any nucleophilic species less reactive**, for the same reason as they strengthen electrophiles. Nucleophiles need electron density to react with electrophiles Nitro groups **(-NO2)** Aldehydes **(-CHO)** Ketones (**-C=OR)** Cyano groups **(-CN)** Carboxylic acid **(-COOH)** Esters **(-COOR)**
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A reducing sugar is
any sugar that is capable of acting as a reducing agent. In an alkaline solution, a reducing sugar forms some aldehyde or ketone, which allows it to act as a reducing agent, for example in Benedict's reagent
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Unit breakdown: Watts Coulomb Pascal Volts Ohm
**Watts:** J / s **Coulomb:** Apmere x sec (Ampere = current) **Pascal:** N / m2 **Volts:** W / Ampere **Ohms:** V / Ampere
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Tera Giga Mega Deci Centi Micro Nano
1012 109 106 10-1 10-2 10-6 10-9
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quinone
derived from benzenes
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aliquot
a portion of a larger whole, especially a sample taken for chemical analysis or other treatment.
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phosphatide
any of a class of compounds which are fatty acid esters of glycerol phosphate with a nitrogen base linked to the phosphate group.
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Extensive conjugation will cause
color to appear in organic compounds. Electron delocalization
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2nd law of thermodynamics:
**∆Suniverse ≥ 0** The entropy of a system will naturally increase over time * entropy (S) = energy not available to do work If two objects are in contact but not thermal equilibrium, heat energy will spontaneously go from higher to lower temp * ∆S = Q/T Entropy can decrease but it requires input of energy, however entropy of surroundings increase more so entropy of universe increases
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Heat capacity vs. specific heat
**Heat capacity** is the heat required to raise the temperature of an object by a certain unit of temperature. **Specific heat** as the amount of heat required to raise one gram of an object by one degree Kelvin (or Celsius).
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Isothermal processes: Adiabatic processes: Isovolumetric(iscochoric) processes:
**Isothermal processes:** constant temperature and therefore ∆U = 0 **Adiabatic processes:** heat is not exchanged and Q = 0 **Isovolumetric processes:** the volume cannot change, work cannot be done, and therefore W = 0
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Calorimetry
technique that allows for the **calculation of heat transfer** associated with chemical or physical reactions using a tool called a **calorimeter** under specific constraints For a bomb calorimeter, contains a reaction and a fluid with different variables which can exchange heat use **qr=qc** * **mc∆T** (of reactants) **= mc∆T** (of products)
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Thermodynamic products are favored at
**high temperatures**, **have lower energy,** and are **more stable**. However, their formation occurs more slowly because greater activation energy is required.
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Kinetic products are favored at
**a lower temperature, have higher energy, and are less stable**. Their formation occurs more quickly because smaller activation energy is required. * Product B is kinetic, Product A is thermodynamic
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The intermediate step with the highest activation energy is known as the
**rate-limiting or rate-determining step,** since the velocity of the overall reaction is limited by the slowest step.
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What increases reaction rate
Temp and pressure
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Solubility rules to know
All salts in group 1 are soluble (Na, K, Li) All nitrates salts soluble
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E/Z nomenclature
Use priority to find is highest priority groups are on same or opposite sides of double bond - same = Z - different = E
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Pressure units
1 atm = 760 torr = 760 mmHg = 101 kPa
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Within how many pKa's is a good buffer
pH = pKa +/- 1
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Alpha and beta carbohydrates differ in
how the straight-line molecules cyclize. **alpha isomer:** the -OH group linked to the anomeric carbon points opposite, or underneath, the in-ring oxygen. **beta isomers:** can be identified when the -OH group is linked to the anomeric carbon points in the same direction as, or above, the in-ring oxygen.
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Lactones/lactonization
unsaturation or heteroatoms replacing one or more carbon atoms of the ring.
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A carbamate is a
category of organic compounds that is formally derived from carbamic acid (**NH2COOH)**
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Sequential reactions (ternary) ## Footnote **Ordered** **Random** **Double displacement**
All substrates (A and B) must bind to active site to form **ternary structure** before enzyme can convert them to product **ordered:** substrates bind to active site in specific order and products leave in specific order (ex. glycolysis) **random:** binding order doesn't matter **double-displacement (ping pong):** first substrate binds and forms intermediate ES complex which converts it to first product, THEN next substrate binds and does the same
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Is keto or enol preferred?
Keto
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Divalent
Having a velence of 2
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Cytochromes are
proteins that are involved in redox reactions. Specifically, cytochrome P450 acts as a monooxygenase, catalyzing an oxidation reaction.
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Phosphorylation of an OH group
Removes hydrogen, binds to oxygen
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Sucrose Lactose Maltose
**Sucrose-** table sugar; composed of glucose and fructose **Lactose-** dairy products galactose and glucose * majority of world's adults lack lactase, lactose intolerant * all mammals express lactase in childhood for breast milk but expression turns off * northern european and african heritages continue expression **Maltose-** two glucose monomers; less sweet than sucrose
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Entropy equation (3rd law of thermodynamics)
S = H/T
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Convection is
Heat transfer via movement of liquids
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\*\*inside of cell is rich in
negative aminos and K+, outside of cell is rich in Ca2+, Na+, and Cl-
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Volatile =
Low melting and boiling points, low polarity ex. alkanes very volatile think of the order of intermolecular bonds: ion-dipole, hydrogen bonding , dipole-dipole, london disperson
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Normality
Number of equivalent weights x molarity N1V1 = N2V2
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molality (colligative properties)
moles solute / kg solvent
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Native PAGE vs. SDS page (reducing and nonreducing)
Native page analyzes size and 3D structure and charge SDS page reduces folding and charge, just size * **reducing vs. nonreducing (disulfide bonds)**: if divided into two additional sub units if they are held by disulfide bonds, then the reducing SDS PAGE would separate into 4 subunits whereas nonreducing SDS PAGE would reduce into just 2.
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Reducing Agents Oxidizing agents
Reducing: NaBH4 -weak LiAlH4 strong Oxidizing agents: Na2Cr2O7 - sodium dichromate CrO3 - chromium trioxide PCC