HC and drawing Flashcards
Hydrocarbons
- carbon + hydrogen
- covalent bond
- non-polar + hydrophobic
carbon
tetravalent central atom - 4 bonds
shape of molecules (shape of life)
non - polarity
weak molecular interaction therefore low BP
function groups added via covalent bonds
add heteroatoms - O, N, S, P etc
differs chemical properties
drawing molecules
complete structure
skeletal
complete structure
shows which atoms are bond to which atom
skeletal - economical
- zig-zag form - shown by x-ray crystallography
- remove H atom and kink and end point represent C
- functional groups must be shown including H atoms
alkanes
- saturated
- ‘backbone’ of organic molecules
- only C and H atoms
Alkenes
- double bond - unsaturated
benzene
- not an alkene as it has different chemical properties
- aromatic
alkynes
- triple bonds
- unsaturated
example of importance of functional groups
vitamin A - cis-retinal
trans alkene - cis-alkene - has aldehyde
cis-retinal
cis complex when adding H2N–Lys216
trans complex
cis complex + hv
cause conformational change in rhodopsin trigger nerve impulse to brain = vision
alcohol
-OH group
related functional groups to alcohol
phenol = benzene + OH group
ether - derived from alcohol/ phenol or mixed - O single bonded to 2 C atoms
examples of alcohol
menthol - peppermint smell - alcohol
oestradiol - hormone - alcohol + phenol
THC - cannabis - phenol + ether
THC
tetrahydrocannabinol
carboxylic acid
-COOH group
carboxylic ester
- derived from -COOH
- hydroxyl replace with HC
lactone
cyclic ester a 5-membered lactone - y-lactone
example of carboxylic acid
fatty acid - stearic and elaidic acid
ketone
- C=O - C bonded to 2 R groups
aldehyde
- C=O - C bonded to an H atom and R group
example of ketone
2-pentanone
progesterone
example of aldehyde
butanal