BIO152H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Endergonic Reaction, Hydroxy Group, Heat Capacity

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Molecules form when atoms bond to each other. The degree of electron sharing varies from nonpolar covalent bonds, to polar covalent bonds, to ionic bonds. Of all small molecules, water is the most important for life. Chemical reactions tend to be spontaneous if they lead to lower potential energy and higher entropy. Most of the important compounds in organisms contain carbon. Chemical evolution is the proposition that early in earth"s history, simple chemical compounds in the atmosphere and ocean combined to form larger, more complex substances. Each element has a unique atomic number and contains a characteristic number of protons, called the atomic number. The mass number (indicated in superscript) is the number of protons + neutrons of the most common isotope. Elements commonly found in organisms have at least one unpaired valence electron. The number of unpaired electrons in an atom is its valence. Unfilled electron orbitals allow formation of chemical bonds, and atoms are most stable.

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