BIOL 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide, Cellular Respiration, Energy Carrier

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Glucose is a good fuel molecule because of the abundance of hydrogen in the form of carbon-hydrogen bonds (c-h) An electron further from the nucleus has more energy, the c-h bonds are equidistant from both nuclei so have high energy. Molecules with lots of oxygen have less potential energy. A fat is almost entirely c-h bonds. The principle of redox: oxygen is usually the atom that accepts electrons. Oxidation loss of electrons and molecule afterward is said to be oxidized. Oil rig oxidation is loss, reduction is gain. Oxidation-reduction reactions are coupled processes and called redox. Oxidation of a molecule linked to a reduction reaction where another molecule gains electrons or becomes reduced reactions. Oxygen has high affinity for electrons (high electronegativity) makes it ideal to be the final electron acceptor of cell respiration. The more electronegative an atom, the greater the force that holds the electrons to that atom, the greater the energy required to remove an electron.

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