Chapter 10 - Nitrogen and Phosphorus Containing Compounds

Question 1

Nonpolar Nonaromatic Amino Acids

Answer 1

Alanine
Valine
Leucine
Isoleucine
Glycine
Proline
Methionine

Question 2

Aromatic Amino Acids

Answer 2

Tryptophan
Phenylalanine
Tyrosine

Question 3

Polar Amino Acids

Answer 3

Serine
Threonine
Asparagine
Glutamine
Cysteine

Question 4

Negatively Charged Amino Acids

Answer 4

Contain carboxylic acids in their R groups
- Aspartic acid
- Glutamic acid

Question 5

Positively Charged Amino Acids

Answer 5

Contain amines in their R groups
- Arginine
- Lysine
- Histidine

Question 6

Polypeptides

Answer 6

Multiple amino acids linked by peptide bonds

Question 7

Proteins

Answer 7

Large, folded, functional polypeptides

Question 8

Strecker Synthesis

Answer 8

Generates amino acids from an aldehyde

Question 9

Gabriel Synthesis

Answer 9

Generates an amino acid from potassium phthalimide, diethyl bromomalonate, and an alkyl halide

Question 10

Organic Phosphates

Answer 10

Carbon-containing compounds that also have phosphate groups
- ATP, GTP, DNA

Question 11

Inorganic Phosphates

Answer 11

Buffered mixture of hydrogen phosphate and dihydrogen phosphate