introduction to biochemistry

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underlies ordinary life in unseen ways

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biochemistry

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large organic compounds

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macromolecules

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Four main types of macromolecules

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carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.

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The study of living things

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biochemistry

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The study of the chemical substances found in
living organisms and the chemical interactions of
these substances with each other

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biochemistry

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chemical substance found within a living organism.

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biochemical substance

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2 group of biochemical substance

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bioinorganic substance
bioorganic substance

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contains carbon

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bioorganic substance

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no carbon

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bioinorganic substance

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water and inorganic salts

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bioinorganic substance

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carbohydrates, lipid, nucleic acid, proteins, vitamins and hormones

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bioorganic substance

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most abundant organic compound in the world

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carbohydrates

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most abundant organic compound in the human body

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proteins

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study of hydrocarbons and their derivatives

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organic chemistry

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an atom or group of atoms that shows characteristic physical and chemical properties

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functional group

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specific atom or group of atom that will differentiate ine compound from the others

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functional group

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States that organic compounds are produced only by living things

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vital force theory

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Scientists used to believe that compound occurring in living matter were different from other substances and that they contained some sort of intangible vital force.

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vital force theory

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people held that no substance produced by living organisms could be synthesized by combining inanimate chemicals in the laboratory.

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vitalism

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German chemist who disproved the VFT by synthesizing urea from a non-organic source (ammonium cyanate)

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friedrich wohler

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Useful in the synthesis of pharmaceutical and industrial chemicals.

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SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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Double bond between 2 carbons

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alkenes

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hydroxyl group

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alcohol

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amino group

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Amines

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sulfhydryl group

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thiols

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carboxyl group

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carboxylic acids

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amide group

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amides

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ester group

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ester

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carbonyl group

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ketone and aldehyde

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Double bond of O on top of C with H attached

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aldehyde

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Double bond of O on top of C with R, no H attached

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ketones

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theory that states that All matter was originally confined in a very small space

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big. bang theory

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In the earliest stages of the universe, the only elements were

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H, He, and Li

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Are molecules found in living matter and are part of the subject matter of organic chemistry.

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biomolecule

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what are the two under biomolecules

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small molecules (monomers) macromolecules

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many monomers

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polymers

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monomers of carbohydrates

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monosaccharides

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monomers of lipids

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fatty acids and glycerols

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monomers of protein

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amino acid

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monomer of nucleic acid

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nucleotides

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biochemistry look at the

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molecular level