BIOL 1117 Lecture Notes - Covalent Bond, Blood Sugar, Ionic Bonding
7 Feb 2014
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L5-the chemistry of life: biocompounds: organic chemistry: study of compounds containing carbon, biochemistry: the study of the compounds that compose living organisms. Lipids proteins nucleic acids: organic molecules and carbon. 4 valence electrons: can bind with up to four other atoms because it has four electrons in its valence shell, this means carbon gaining four or losing four electrons is not a simple clear energetically most stable arrangement. Carbon will normally never form an ionic bond. Carbon atoms bind readily with each other: carbon backbones. Forms long chains, branched molecules and rings: carbon easily and readily binds with h, o, n and s as well as a few other atoms. Carbon backbone carries a variety of functional groups: functional groups. Small clusters of atoms attached to carbon backbone. Hydroxyl (-oh), methyl (-ch3), carboxyl (-cooh), amino (-nh2), phosphate (-h2po4) molecules: know basic effects (determine basic properties of organic, monomers and polymers.
