Organic Chemistry

Question 1

Calculating stereoisomers

Answer 1

2^n

n= number of chiral centers

Question 2

Squalene

Answer 2

a precursor of the fused four ring system to cholesterol and all of the steroid hormones

Question 3

Cholesterol structure

Answer 3

four fused rings

Question 4

reducing sugars

Answer 4

have a hemiacetal (contain one -OR and one -OH group)

Question 5

Lineweaver–Burk plot Y intercept

Answer 5

1/Vmax (the reaction rate when the enzyme is fully saturated by substrate)