BSC 2010C Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Asymmetric Carbon, Morning Sickness, Enantiomer
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Organic chemistry chemistry of compounds that contain carbon. Carbon has 6 electrons 2 in the first orbital, 4 in the next (valence = 4) H o n c = 1 2 3 4 ; h valence = 1, o valence = 2, n valence = 3, c valence = 4. Functional groups regions of organic molecules most commonly involved in chemical reactions. Six most frequently used ones: hydroxyl = oh, carbonyl = co. Aldehydes = c double bonded to o and single bonded to h. Ketones = c double bonded to o: carboxyl = cooh, amino = nh2, phosphate = po4, methyl = ch3. Carbon can be bonded in many structural forms. Isomers have same molecular formula but different structural arrangements: structural = variations in arrangement, geometric = variations around a double bond. Trans = across double bond (diagonal: enantiomers = variations around an asymmetric carbon; non-
