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Organic & Biological Compounds

A. Organic Compounds 1. All contain carbon 2. Some compounds with carbon are not organic: a. Carbon monoxide & carbon dioxide CO CO b. Carbonates - -CO 3. !" o# all compounds are organic
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4. Reasons why carbon forms so many compounds:

a. C can form 4 bonds


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b. C can form single, double, or triple bonds (it forms many types of bonds) c. C can bond with atoms of many different elements

%. &'drocarbons 1. (ade o# onl' & and C 2. )sed #or #uel and manu#acturing processes 3. *'pes: a. Saturated + ha,e onl' single bonds b. Unsaturated + ha,e double or triple bonds

3. Classi#ication o# h'drocarbons a. Alkanes + single bonds -saturated. b. Alkenes + double bond -unsaturated. c. Alkynes + triple bond -unsaturated. d. Cycloalkanes + carbons are single bonded in a ring structure

/. 0somers + compounds with identical chemical #ormulas1 but di##erent structural #ormulas 2. Aromatic h'drocarbons a. Some ha,e strong odors b. %en3ene & 4aphthalene c. &a,e a ring o# six C atoms 5oined b' alternating single and double bonds

6. Substituted h'drocarbons + one or more & atoms are replaced b' other elements a. Alcohols + & is replaced b' a h'drox'l group --O&. b. Organic acids + & is replaced b' a carbox'l group --COO&.

7. 8sters a. Organic acid 9 alcohol ester

b. )sed as #ood #la,orings c. :ol'esters are s'nthetic #ibers made o# long chains o# esters lin;ed together

%. %iological Compounds 1. :roteins a. Contain C1 &1 O1 and 4 b. Are pol'mers o# amino acids -about 2! ,arieties. c. :ol'mers are long chains o# smaller organic molecules -monomers. d. :eptide bonds lin; amino acids e. :roteins ma;e all en3'mes -regulate chemical reactions in our bodies.

2. 4ucleic Acids a. <4A -deox'ribonucleic acid.

b. =4A -ribonucleic acid. c. Control cellular acti,ities d. (ade o# smaller units called nucleotides

3. Carboh'drates a. (ade o# C1 &1 and O -2x as man' & as O. b. *'pes: 1. Sugars -glucose & sucrose. 2. Starches -pol'mers.

c. Our main source o# energ' -#ood.

/. >ipids a. (ade o# C1 &1 and O b. *'pes: 1. ?ats -animals. - saturated 2. Oils -plants. - unsaturated c. )sed #or storing energ' in li,ing things d. Cholesterol - animals use it to build cell membranes

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