unit 2

Question 1

ORGANIC REACTIONS
RELEVANT TO
BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS

Answer 1

1. Oxidation-Reduction reactions
2. Hydrolytic reactions
3. Transamination and Deamination reactions
4. Condensation reactions
5. Dehydration-Hydration reactions
6. Esterification and Amination reactions
7. Rearrangement
8. Decarboxylation

Question 2

is a chemical reaction which one or more water molecules are split into hydrogen and hydroxide ions in the process of a chemical mechanism.

Answer 2

Hydrolosis

Question 3

refers to the transfer of an amine group from one molecule to another.

Answer 3

• Transamination

Question 4

• is the removal of an amine group from a molecule.
• It is the process by which amino acids are broken down when too much protein has been taken in.
• The amino group is removed from the amino acid and converted to ammonia.

Answer 4

• Deamination

Question 5

is a chemical reaction in which two molecules or moieties (functional groups) combine to form one single molecule, together with the loss of a small molecule.

Answer 5

Condensation reaction

Question 6

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reaction is a chemical reaction in which a hydroxyl group (OH-) and a hydrogen cation (H+) are added to the two carbon atoms bonded together in the carbon-carbon double bond which makes up an alkene functional group

Answer 6

Hydration

Question 7

reaction is usually defined as a chemical reaction that involves the loss of water from the reacting molecule.

Answer 7

Dehydration

Question 8

is the general name for a chemical reaction in which two reactants (typically an alcohol and an acid) form an ester as the reaction product.

Answer 8

Esterification

Question 9

-reaction is a broad class of organic reactions where the carbon skeleton of a molecule is rearranged to give a structural isomer of the original molecule.
* Often a substituent moves from one atom to another atom in the same molecule.

Answer 9

• A rearrangement