Carbon
What is the total number of electrons carbon has (carbon's atomic number)?
Six electrons
What are isomers?
Compounds that have the same molecular formula but different structures and hence different properties
What are functional groups?
The regions of organic molecules most commonly involved in chemical reactions
The branch of chemistry that specializes in the study of carbon compounds
What is organic chemistry?
What is the number of valence electrons carbon has?
Four electrons
What are enantiomers?
Molecules that are mirror images of each other
What is a hydroxyl group?
The functional group attached to this organic molecule HO-CH2-CH2-OH
What is the angle between the bonds of a carbon atom?
109 degrees
What is the number of bonds carbon can make to complete it's valence shell?
4 bonds
What are structural isomers?
Molecules that have the same type and number of atoms but they are arranged differently
When a double bonded O is bonded to an inside carbon
What is a ketone?
The source of carbon for all organic molecules found in organisms
What is CO2?
What are the most frequent bonding partners of Carbon?
Oxygen, Hydrogen and Nitrogen
What is a geometric isomer?
Molecules that are locked into their spatial positions with respect to one another due to a double bond or a ring structure
These produce the great source of diversity in organic molecules
What are isomers?
What are hydrocarbons?
Organic molecules consisting of only hydrogen and carbon
What is the chiral carbon?
The middle carbon in an enantiomer.
This functional group will have a nitrogen and at least two hydrogens with it
What is an amine group?