Ch 4-Carbon

Question 1

Carbon in living organisms

Answer 1

• Protenins, DNA, carbohydrates, and other molecules that distinguish living matter are all composed of carbon compounds
• The molecular diversity in life is based on the propeties of carbon

Question 2

Organic molecules

Answer 2

Molecules that contain carbon, are comples, and are produced by organisms; carohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acid

Question 3

Molecular Diversity

Answer 3

• Carbon Skeletons
  
  • The chain of carbon atoms in an organic molecule
  • vary in length & shape

Question 4

Isomers

Answer 4

• Types
  
  • Structural isomers
    
    • different covalent arrangements of their atoms
  • Cis-trans isomers
    
    • same covalent bonds but differ in spatial arrangements
  • Enantiomers
    
    • mirror images of each other
    • important in pharmaceutical industry

Question 5

Functional group

Answer 5