BIOLOGY 172 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Royal Dutch Shell, Covalent Bond, Valence Electron

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Electrons - negative charge - orbitals surrounding nucleus. Isotopes - forms of element with different numbers of neutrons. Atomic number - number of protons - defines elements. Mass number - number of protons and neutrons in most common isotopes. Orbitals - regions where up to two electrons move around. Valence electrons - reactive - in outermost shell. Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus - abundant in cells. Atoms are most stable when each orbital has 2 electrons. Covalent bonds - atoms share electrons to fill orbitals (ex. Nonpolar covalent bond - electrons shared equally - protons are pulling in the same way. Polar covalent bonds - electrons are pulled closer to one atom, creates partial charges on the atoms. O is the most electronegative in biological systems. Always winning the tug of war of electrons. S, p, n are more electronegative than c & h. Formed as the result of unequal sharing of electrons in covalent bonds.

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