Terms Flashcards
Methylated spirits
Another name for denatured alcohol
Ethanol
Ethyl Alcohol, Grain alcohol, alcohol
Formic Acid, HCO2H
Simplist carboxylic acid, isolated by the distillation of ants
Formaldehyde
The simplest aldehyde
Glycerol
An alcohol that has three functional groups, therefore called a “triol”
Lipid
A more general term for fat
Polyunsaturated
A carboxylic acid with more than one double or triple bond in its carbon chain
Zwitterton
A German term that means “hybrid ion” used to refer to any covalent molecules that has electrical charges but is overall neutral
Peptide
When two amino acids form due to deficiency in bonds
Proteins
What peptides are eventually classified as after being made from many, many amino acids
Denature
To poison a product so that it is not consumable