BISC 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Organic Compound, Covalent Bond, High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Bisci 002 chapter 3 molecules: organic compounds and large biological molecules. Organic compounds: carbon based molecules, carbon is often the skeleton of large, complex molecules that are essential in living things. Carbon chemistry: carbon is a versatile molecule. Carbon can share electrons with other atoms in four covalent bonds. There is a tremendous diversity of carbon skeletons varying in size and branching pattern: the carbon atoms of organic compounds can also bond with other elements, most commonly hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Methane: a simple organic compound, ch4. Larger organic compounds: important fuels in your body, main molecules in gasoline, properties depend on both the carbon skeleton and the atoms attach to the skeleton, groups of atoms involved in chemical reactions = functional groups. Functions groups: many biological molecules have two or more functional groups, examples. Macromolecules: macromolecules are polymers, large molecules made by stringing together many smaller molecules called monomers, carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids.
