Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
General Chemistry
100
This amino acid’s R group contains an aromatic ring with a hydroxyl group para- to where it is attached to a methylene group.
What is tyrosine?
100
Ethyl acetate is more -this- than hexane
What is more polar?
100
BCl3 is a ____________ Lewis acid than is BF3.
What is weaker?
100
Schrodinger used this animal to help explain the concept of superposition in quantum chemistry.
What is a cat?
100
This negative number is the pKa of HCl.
What is -6?
200
This method of protein purification is based on highly specific interactions between the protein and a particular molecule bound to a resin.
What is affinity chromatography?
200
This kind of solvent is needed to optimize an SN2 reaction.
What is a polar aprotic solvent?
200
These systems have low crystal field splitting and have electrons populating all five d orbitals before pairing electrons.
What are high spin systems?
200
This law states that the internal energy of an isolated system is constant.
What is the First Law of Thermodynamics?
200
This gas is released upon the mixing of baking soda and vinegar.
What is carbon dioxide?
300
This idea of biochemistry states the flow of genetic information as DNA -> RNA -> Protein.
What is the central dogma?
300
9.5-10.5 ppm is the typical chemical shift range in H-NMR experienced by this functional group.
What is an aldehyde?
300
This type of rotation involves proper rotation followed by a horizontal reflection.
What is improper rotation?
300
Quantum mechanics uses this model to represent the stretching and compression of bonds.
What is a simple harmonic oscillator?
300
These are three different solid forms of Carbon.
What are: elemental carbon, graphite, "white" or amorphous carbon, diamond, and fullerene examples are all acceptable.
400
This is the second site on the ribosome that binds tRNA that contains the elongating peptide chain.
What is the peptidyl site?
400
An alkene will form these after undergoing ozonolysis.
What are two ketones? (Aldehydes may also be included, depending on the alkene substituents)
400
A __________ is an axis or plane while a __________ is the actual movement of the molecule about that axis or plane.
What is (1) a symmetry element and (2) a symmetry operation. (Must give answers in correct order)
400
This Greek letter is used to represent osmotic pressure.
What is capital Pi?
400
Chromium oxidizes alcohol to acid when this instrument is used to detect levels of alcohol present.
What is a breathalyzer?
500
This enzyme complex catalyzes the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA.
What is the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex?
500
The driving force of the Wittig reaction, which allows the preparation of an alkene, is this.
What is the formation of a stable phosphine oxide? (or a strong O-P bond)
500
K2[PtCl6] is the molecular formula of what coordination compound?
What is potassium hexachloroplatinate (IV)? (potassium hexachloridoplatinate (IV) also accepted)
500
What does the lower-case epsilon in the Beer-Lambert Law Represent? Hint: A = epsilon*L*C
What is the molar absorptivity constant?
500
Mario Molina and Roger Tsien are two UCSD chemists who have been awarded this prestigious prize.
What is the Nobel Prize?
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