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| Besides water, nearly all the molecules in an organism contain carbon |
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| molecule that contains carbon |
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| carbon is important to life becase |
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| three points why carbon is flexible |
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- carbon's 4 valence electrons can form covalent bonds with many different atoms
- carbon can form single, double, or triple bonds
- molecules containing more than one carbon atom can exist in long chains or form ring structures
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| what does the flixibility of carbon allow? |
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| allows carbon to form the structural framework of the diverse molecules seen in nature |
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| a skeleton framework in an organic molecule that functional groups can be added to |
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| specific arrangement of atoms in a molecule |
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| 5 common functional groups |
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Amino
carboxyl
hydroxyl
sulfhydryl
phosphate |
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| acts as a base (accepts a proton) |
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| Carboxyl functional group |
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| acts as an acid (donates a proton) |
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| a carboxyl and an amino group |
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| Hydroxyl Functional Group |
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an OH group on a molecule
can form hydrogen bonds with water
can be found in some sugars and some amino acids |
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| Sulfhydryl Functional Group |
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a SH group on a molecule
can be found in some sugars and amino acids
can form disulfide bonds in proteins to stabilize protein structure |
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group including a phosphate and oxygen atoms on a molecule
when you have several phosphate groups bound together on a molecule
can be found in DNA and ATP |
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