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16 Cards in this Set
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Importance of carbon
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backbone of life
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Miller-Urey
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Synthesis of organic compounds from inorganic components
- lightbulb spark in water vapor, condensed water contains amino acids |
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What makes carbon so special?
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valence shell with four electrons, ability to form four other covalent bonds
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Big four components of organic molecules
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Carbon
Hydrogen Nitrogen Oxygen |
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Simplest organic molecule
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Hydrocarbon
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Hydrobarbon, hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
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hydrophobic, ie: fat
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Polarity of hydrocarbon
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nonpolar
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Energy characteristics of hydrocarbon
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releases energy when broken down - fat
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Isomers
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Compounds w/ same numbers of atoms (of same elements), but diff structures
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three types of isomers
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structural, geometric, enantiomers
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structural isomers
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Differ in covalent arrangements of their atoms
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geometric isomers
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Same covalent pairs, but differ in spatial arrangements
- Results in single bonds attached to doubly bonded atoms |
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cis
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sames side of molecule
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trans
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opposite side of molecule
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enantiomers
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mirror image isomers
- four different atoms attached - like l and r gloves - one active one inactive |
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Functional Groups
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Specific chemical groups, attached to C skeletons in organic molecules, generally involved in chemical rxns
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