BIOL 1201 Chapter : Biol 1201 Outline4
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>>>>>>>>aside from water, most biologically related molecules contain carbon. --organic chemistry is the study of carbon compounds. ---exceptions: co, co2, and all carbon molecule ( eg. , diamonds, graphite, coal) Carbon atoms are the most versatile building blocks of molecules (see fig 4. 4: carbon atom has a valence of 4 and can bind to 2, 3, or 4 other atoms. --hydrocarbons are molecules that contain only hydrogen and carbon: major component of fossil fuels, have and diversity of carbon skeletons, are hydrophobic (ie, nonpolar) because. Variations in the carbon skeleton can contribute to the diversity of organic molecules (see fig 4. 5): shape determines function of a molecule- same molecular formula but different structures. --isomers are molecules which contain the same atoms but have those atoms arranged in a different pattern, Three types of isomers (see fig 4. 7): structural isomers, geometric isomers, and enantiomers.
