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Lecture Notes
Ch. 4
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
organic = "Carbon" based
organic compounds
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carbohydrates, fats,
proteins and nucleic acids (DNA & RNA)
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fossil fuel: oil, coal natural gas
origin of organic compounds
simple organic compounds
isomers: structural, geometric and enatiomers (mirror image)
models of chemicals
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molecular formula
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structural formula
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ball-and-stick model
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space-filling model
functional groups and their importance
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hydroxyl
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carbonyl: aldehydes and ketones
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carboxyl
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aminl
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sulfhydry
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phosphate
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