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Polymers, Amino Acids, Porteins And DNA Flashcards

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1
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Define addition polymer

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A long chain formed from many other monomers and no other product is formed

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Give a use of polythene

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Carrier bag, drinks bottles and washing up bowls

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Give uses of polypropene

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Yoghurt pots, car bumpers

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Give the use of polychloroethene

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Aprons, vinyl records, water and pipes

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Use of polypropenenitrile

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Clothing and fabrics

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Give uses of polyphenylethene

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Packaging, thermal insulation

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Define a condensation polymer

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Two molecules join to form a larger one, with a small molecule such as H2O being released

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What are the two main types of condensation polymers

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Polyesters- formed from carboxylic acid and alcohols
Polyamides- formed from carboxylic acids and amines

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What is terylene made of and draw the repeating unit

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Ethane-1,2-diol and benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid - refer to screenshot

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Give a use for terylene

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Carpets, clothing. Heat treated polyesters used for drinks bottles

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What is nylon 6,6 made of and draw a repeating unit using phone

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1,6-diaminohexane and hexane-1,6-dicarboxylic acid

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What is Kevlar made of

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Benzene 1,4-diamine and benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid

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What is nylon used as and what are its properties

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Fibres in clothing- elastic, strong abrasion and resistant

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What is Kevlar used in and what are its properties

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Manufacture of body armour and crash helmets- strong, light and heat resistant

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Disposal of addition polymers

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  • not biodegradable, have no polar bonds so they cannot be hydrolysed instead they are incinerated or burned
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16
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Disposal of condensation polymers

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Can be hydrolysed under acidic or basic conditions
- heating a polyester with aqueous acid such as HCl hydrolyses ester links
Heating with aqueous base such as NaOH hydrolyses the ester links- alcohols are still formed but rhetorical salts of the carboxylic group are also formed

17
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Hydrolysis of polyamides

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Heating with aqueous acid such as HCl gives a carboxylic acid group and ammonium salt
Heating with aqueous base such as NaOH forms amines and the salts of the carboxylic acid

18
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When does a zwitterion form and how does it affect the strength of bond

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At a neutral pH and in the solid state a zwitterion forms, have high melting points due to the strong electrostatic attraction between zwitterions

19
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In acidic conditions what do you change

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NH2 changes to NH3. With everything staying the same

20
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In alkaline conditions what do you change

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COOH changes to COO-

21
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Conditions for the hydrolysis of peptides

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Boil for 24 hours and at 6moldm-3 HCl catalyst

22
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primary structure

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Sequence of amino acids
Gly-Ala-Ala-Val-Leu

23
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Secondary structure

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  • hydrogen bonding
    Alpha helix and beta pleated sheet
24
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Tertiary structure

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  • hydrogen bonds, some ionic interactions, disulfide bonds
25
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Enzyme key facts

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  • increase the rate of reaction by up to x10^10
  • each enzyme is able to catalyse just one type of reaction
  • globular proteins
  • substrate loosely binds to the active site by intermolecular forces
  • reduces the activation energy to break bonds within the molecule
26
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What is it called when an enzyme is specific to a substrate

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Stereospecific - one optical isomer may fit

27
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Explain enzyme inhibition

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  • an undesirable biological process occurs which is catalysed by an enzyme
  • a computer is used to determine the shape of the active site and design another molecular which will fit to the active site - must be the correct enantiomer
  • this is an inhibitor - binds to the active site and prevents the substrate from binding

Another way is to denature by heating or changing pH

28
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how many hydrogen bonds between each complementary base pair

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A and T—> 2
G and C—> 3

29
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What is the sugar in DNA

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2-deoxyribose

30
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Anti cancer drugs

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Cis-platin
Has 2 Cl ligands adjacent to eachother and 2 NH3 ligands- binds to DNA in cancerous cells, prevents DNA from unwinding and so cancer cells cannot replicate- prevents the growth and spreading of cancer cells

31
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Considerations for the anticancer drug

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  • cis-platin will also bind to DNA in healthy cells
    -can cause unwanted side effects
  • cisplatin can be targeted straight to the cancer cells to reduce the effect on healthy tissue
  • used in minimal amounts

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