BSCI-1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hydrogen Bond, Octet Rule, Noble Gas

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The chemistry and composition of cells: elements, bonds, and water. Covalent bonds are never formed or broken spontaneously, there must be some form of energy input. You can steal electrons through ionization which also creates ionic bonds between molecules. Atoms, such as carbon, with un lled electron shells are highly reactive. Sharing electrons results in covalent bonds while donating or stealing bonds results in ions. Carbon forms the largest number of covalent bonds. Cells are pretty much restricted to carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen but pretty much dominated by carbon. Reactions are facilitated by protein catalysts called enzymes. Helium is considered a noble gas because it is unreactant. Octet rule is the desire for atoms to obtain 8 electrons for their outer shell. Van der waals interactions are the result of transient charges, they are very weak but can become a great additive force. Hydrophobic interactions- want to form hydrogen bonds but can"t which creates the hydrophobic effect.

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