O-Chem

Question 1

You draw hydrogen atoms when attached to which heteroatoms?

Answer 1

N, O, S, P

Question 2

Are carbon atoms draw?

Answer 2

no

Question 3

Are halogens drawn?

Answer 3

yes halogens are always drawn

Question 4

What is a chiral center?

Answer 4

A carbon with 4 different groups attached

Question 5

What is this and what does it do?

Answer 5

Prostaglandin

Inflammation, blood flow, blood clotting, induced labor

Question 6

What is this and what does it do?

Answer 6

Leukotriene

Involved in allergic and inflammation responses

Question 7

What is this structure and what does it do?

Answer 7

Thromboxane

Platelet aggregation

Question 8

Name for straight chains of sugars that are broken down for energy easily:

Answer 8

Simple sugars

Question 9

Name for sugars with branch chains that are more difficult to break down:

Answer 9

Complex sugars

Question 10

What is the simplest sugar?

Answer 10

Glyceraldehyde

Question 11

Which sugar isomers are synthetic?

Answer 11

L-sugars

Question 12

Which sugar isomers are natural sugars?

Answer 12

D-sugars

Question 13

What is a diastereomer?

Answer 13

When at least one hydroxyl group changes and one stays the same

Question 14

What is an epimer?

Answer 14

Only a single hydroxyl has changed–usually first OH group

Question 15

What is an enantiomer?

Answer 15

When all hydroxyl groups have switched sides