Change Molecular Structure...Change Molecular Function
Functional Groups
LARGE Molecules
How Sweet it is...
100
The study of compounds that contain carbon
What is ORGANIC CHEMISTRY?
100
Compounds with the SAME MOLECULAR FORMULA but DIFFERENT STRUCTURES & PROPERTIES
What are ISOMERS?
100
Not very reactive although it greatly influences GENETIC EXPRESSION.
What is a METHYL GROUP?
100
The INDIVIDUAL BUILDING BLOCKS of macromolecules.
What are MONOMERS?
100
A SINGLE sugar
What is a MONOSACCHARIDE?
200
The capacity of Carbon atoms to bond with up to 4 other atoms.
What is TETRAVALENCE?
200
The 3 different types of isomers
What are ENANTIOMERS, STRUCTURAL & GEOMETRIC isomers?
200
This pair is ALWAYS POLAR and each one's name ends in the same three letters.
What are CARBOXYL and HYDROXYL GROUPS?
200
The ONLY macromolecule that is NOT A POLYMER.
What is a LIPID?
200
Based on the position of the CARBONYL group, sugars can be labelled as _________ or _________
What are ALDOSES and KETOSES?
OR
What are ALDEHYDES and KETONES?
300
The four ways in which CARBON SKELETONS can vary
What is LENGTH, BRANCHING, DOUBLE BONDS and RINGS?
300
This type of isomers includes molecules that are MIRROR IMAGES of each other. One isomer of Ibuprofen is an effective anti-inflammatory agent while the other has little to no effect.
What is an ENANTIOMER?
300
BRIDGES are broken between these everytime hair is straightened.
What are SULFHYDRYL GROUPS?
300
Polynucleotides are to Nucleic Acids as POLYPEPTIDES are to _______________
What are PROTEINS?
300
This "C"-word polysaccharide gives cockroaches their crunch.
What is CHITIN?
400
Organic molecules consisting of only CARBON and HYDROGEN. They can undergo reactions that release a large amount of energy
What are HYDROCARBONS?
400
Molecules with different covalent arrangements of their atoms. For example KETONES and ALDEHYDES.
What are STRUCTURAL ISOMERS?
400
The "P" in ATP
What is a PHOSPHATE GROUP?
400
This process of BONDING results in WATER LOSS.
What is a DEHYDRATION REACTION?
OR
What is POLYMERIZATION?
400
A STRONG BOND between 2 SUGAR MOLECULES
What is a GLYCOSIDIC LINKAGE?
500
Carbon's most frequent partners which are the “building code” that governs the architecture of living molecules. They are also the 4 elements that are essential to all life.
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen?
500
CIS and TRANS, for example.
What are GEOMETRIC ISOMERS?
500
The reasons why amino acids are BOTH ACIDIC and BASIC.
What are CARBOXYL and AMINO functional groups?
500
The roots of this word mean WATER and TO SPLIT.Also the name of a reaction resulting in individual monomers.