BSC 2010C Lecture 4: CH4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life

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19 Apr 2018
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All living organisms consist almost entirely of carbon-based compounds. Proteins, dna, carbohydrates, etc. that distinguish living matter are composed of carbon compounds. Organic chemistry is the study of carbon compounds. Carbon has 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons. Carbon and its most frequent partners (hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen) are the architecture of living molecules. Hydrocarbons are organic compounds made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Hydrocarbon structures can vary in length and shape. Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural arrangements (c2h6o) This alters the chemical and physical properties of the compounds. Differ in spatial arrangement around a double bond. Cis isomers: the 2 x"s are on the same side. Trans isomers: the 2 x"s are on the opposite sides. Isomers that are mirror images of each other. Two enantiomers of a drug have different effects. Differing effects of enantiomers demonstrate that organisms are sensitive to very subtle variations in molecules.

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