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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/06/2014

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Organic Compunds
Definition
Molecules containing both carbon and hydrogen
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Carbohydrates 

Lipids 

Proteins 

Nucleic Acids 

Definition
Four main types of carbon containing molecules found in cells:
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4 other atoms
Definition
Carbon atoms share pairs of electrons with as many as...
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Strings or rings
Definition
With special molecular groups carbon can form
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chains or rings
Definition
Carbon atoms can form...
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single, double, or triple bonds
Definition
Bonding arrangments can form
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hydrocarbons
Definition
Chains of carbons connected to the hydrogens are called
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Functional Groups
Definition
Other atoms project from the carbon backbone
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Atoms or clusters
Definition
of atoms that are covalently to carbon backbone
Term
hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, amino, phosphate, and methyl
Definition
The functional groups are
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Hydroxl group
Definition
consists of a hydrogen bonded to an oxygen
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carbonyl group
Definition
a carbon linked by a double bonf to an oxygen atom
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Carboxyl group
Definition
consists of a carbon double bonded both an oxygen and a hydroxly group
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Amino group
Definition
Composed of a nitrogen bonded to two hydrogen atoms
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Phosphate group
Definition
consists of a phsphoras atom bonded to four oxygen atoms
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Methyl group
Definition
consists of a carbon atom bonded to three hydrogens
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