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What types of bonds occur between DNA bases

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Hydrogen bonds

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What class of compounds can be formed by the esterification reaction between glycerol and fatty acids

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Lipids (Triglycerids)

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The rapid breakdown of fats in some forms of diabetes results in the excretion of what

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Ketones. Fatty acids are converted to ketones in response to low glucose levels (ketogensis). High ketone levels indicate diabetes

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In the phase diagram what is the triple point

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When a substance exists as a solid, liquid, and gas

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In the phase diagram what is the critical temperature

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Temperate above which a substance cannot liquify regardless of pressure

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In the phase diagram what is the critical pressure

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Pressure required to produce liquefaction of substance at critical temperature

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What is supercritical fluid

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Fluid beyond critical point. Has characteristics of both gas and liquid

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Henderson-hasselbalch equation (when to use it?)

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pH at half equivalence point

pH=pka + log [A-]/[HA]
since [A-]=[HA], pH=pka

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What is solubulity

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The solubility of a substance is the maximum amount of that substance that can be dissolved in a particular solvent at a particular temperature

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What is a saturated solution

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When the maximum amount of solute has been added, the solution is in equilibrium and is said to be saturated, if more solute is added it will NOT dissolve, extra solute will remain in solid formq

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What is a dilute solution

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A solution in which the proportion of solute to solvent is small

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What is a concentrated solution

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A solution in which the proportion of solute to solvent is large

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What is a supersaturated solution

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Solutions that contain more solute than found in a saturated solution, the addition of more solute will cause the excess solute in the supersaturated solution to separate and a saturated solution will form. The addition of extra solute would result in the precipitation of some of the previously dissolve solute, such as by forming additional crystals

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What is crystallization

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When a dissolved solute comes out of solution and forms crystals

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Arrhenius acid

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Produced H+ ions in aq soln

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Arrhenius base

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Produces hydroxide ions in aq soln

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Lewis acid and base

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Acid accepts electron pair

Base donates electron pair

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Brønsted-Lowry acid and base

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Acids donate a proton

Base accepts a proton

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What is denaturation

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The loss of secondary, tertiary, or quaternary structure due to distruption of noncovalent interactions and/or disulfide bonds. The primary structure (peptide bonds) remains intact

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What properties of a fatty acid affects its melting point

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The length of the fatty acid (length of hydrocarbon chain) and the number of double bonds. The longer the chain, the higher the melting point. The greater the number of double bonds, the lower the melting temperature. Unsaturated fats have a lower melting temperature compared to saturated fatty acids. Having NO double bonds has a higher melting temperature. The number of double bonds has a more significant effect on melting point than does the length of the fatty acid

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What happens when pressure is increased in an equilibrium reaction

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Equilibrium will shift to the side with less moles of gas

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What is the primary structure of a protein

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A linear chain

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What is the secondary structure of a protein

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Alpha helix and/or Beta sheet

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What is the tertiary structure of a protein

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Folding of the chain

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What is the quarternary structure of a protein
Interactions between peptide chains that result in an oligomeric protein
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What is neutralization
Acid + Base -> Water + Salt | HCl + NaOH -> H2O + NaCl
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How much does the boiling point increase for every carbon added
20-30C
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Describe the length of carbon bonds
C-C bonds are longer than C=C and C-H bonds
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What is the difference between a ribonucleotide and a deoxyribonucleotide
The reduction of -OH group on C-2, removal of -OH and replaced by -H on the deoxyribonucleotide
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What is a hydrocarbon
Consisting of only carbon and hydrogens
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What is the shape of N3-
Linear, 180 | (two lone pairs)N=N=N(two lone pairs
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Describe the boiling points of nitriles
R-C==N have really high boiling points because they are really polar
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What is a N->O
The arrow is used to denote a coordinate covalent bond in which both electrons of the bond are contributed by one of the two bonded atoms
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What are the properties of an ionic compaound
High melting point, insoluble in a non-polar compound, only soluble in polar solvents
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What are the properties of a covalent compound
Low melting point, soluble in non-polar compounds
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What are the building blocks of a nucleoside
Sugar + Base
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What are the building blocks of a nucleotide
Sugar + Base + Phosphate
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If the nucleotide sugar is a ribose then
It will have an -OH group on C2 and C3
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If the nucleotide sugar is a deoxyribose then
It will have a -H on C2 and a -OH group on C3
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What is a pyrimidine
Cytosine, Uracil, and Thymine | A 6-membe ring
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What is a purine
Adenine and Guanine | A 6-member ring fused to a 5-member ring
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Which will have higher boiling points, straight chain alkanes or their branched counterparts
The straight chain alkanes will have higher boiling points than their branched coutnerparts
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What are elimination reactions
E1 and E2 reactions
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What type of alcohols does E1 work on
Tertiary alcohol, takes place in two steps. Is unimolecular, depends on concentration of substrate (starting material)
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What type of alcohols does E2 work on
Primary/Secondary alcohol, takes place in one step. Is bimolecular, depends on both substrate (starting material) and base (attacking species to remove proton, resulting in a double bond)
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What is a carbocation
A positively charged carbon atom, usually an intermediate in SN1 and E1 mechanisms
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What is a carbanion
A negatively charged carbon atom
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Quantum numbers: what is n
``` n identifies the principal energy level and is the energy level the electron is in: Basic formula: ns^2 Example: 1s - in energy level n=1 2s - in energy level n=2 ```
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Quantum numbers: what is l
``` l identifies the azimuthal/orbital/angular quantum number and describes the subshell Basic formula: ns^2 Example 1s - in subshell s: l = 0 2p - in subshell p: l = 1 3d - in subshell d: l = 2 4f - in subshell f: l = 3 ```
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Quantum numbers: what is ml
``` ml identifies the magnetic spin number and describes the precise orbital of a subshell Ranges from -l to l Example l = 1 -1, 0, 1 l = 2 -2,-1,0,1,2 ```
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Qunatum numbers: what is ms
ms identifies the electron spin | Can be +1/2 or -1/2
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Compare the properties of cyclopropane to methane
Cyclopropane has increased reactivity and decreased stability due to bond angles
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What is transcription
The process of RNA synthesis involving a RNA polymerase reading a DNA template strand and transcribing this into RNA
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What is translation
The process of protein synthesis involving a ribosome reading the codons on mRNA
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Where does fatty acid biosynthesis occur
In the cytosol
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What is required for fatty acid biosynthesis
Biotin, NDAPH, and ATP
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How do you get acetyl-CoA
From the beta-oxidation
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Describe fatty acid biosynthesis
Occurs in the cytosol, where the breakdown of fatty acids via beta-oxidation for energy production occurs in the mitochondrial matrix. The first step is the production of malonyl-CoA, this ATP-dependent reaction is catalyzed by the bioton-containing enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase. The fatty acid synthase uses acetyl-CoA and malonyl-Coa to produce fatty acids and this process requires NADPH
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How else can you describe hydrogen bonding
A form of specialized dipole-dipole intermolecular forces
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Describe a hydrophobic protein
Has a polar group on the surface, and a nonpolar group inside
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What are phosphodiester bonds
They link the riboses in RNA and deoxyriboses in DNA (forms the phosphate backbone of DNA), linkage between C3 of one carbon and C5 of another, two ester bonds
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What are glycosidic bonds
They link the ribose or deoxyribose sugar to the base
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The production of ketone results from the excessive production of
Glycerol
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What happens if the temperature of an endothermic reaction (H>0) at equilibrium is increased
The reaction will shift to the right | AB + heat -> A + B
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What holds the shape of proteins (tertiary structure)
Disulfide bonds
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What stabilizes a alpha-helicies and beta-sheets (secondary structure)
Hydrogen bonds
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What are free radicals
Cause cell damage as a result of exposure to gamma radiation
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What is collagen
The most abundant protein in mammals with a high concentration of proline
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What are fractional bond orders
They occur for molecules or ions that have resonance structures
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What is a combustion reaction
It is exothermic and makes CO2 and H2O and heat is given off
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How do you calculate H (enthalpy) of a reaction
H(products) - H(reactants)
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What is an exothermic reaction
Reactants -> Products + Heat (H<0)
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What is an endothermic reaction
Reactants + Heat -> Products (H>0)
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What is an elimination
CH3-CH2-CH2-CH3 -> CH3-CH=CH-CH3 | Increase in unsaturation
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What is addition
CH3-CH=CH-CH3 -> CH3-CH2-CH2-CH3 | Decrease in unsaturation

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