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| ATP (adenosine triphosphate) |
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| An adenine-containing nucleoside triphosphate that releases free energy when its phosphate bonds are hydrolyzed. This energy is used to drive endergonic reactions in cells. |
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| One of several compounds that have the same molecular formula and covalent bonds between atoms but differ in the spatial arrangements of their atoms owing to the inflexibility of double bonds; formerly called a geometric isomer. |
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| One of two compounds that are mirror images of each other and that differ in shape due to the presence of an asymmetric carbon. |
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| A specific configuration of atoms commonly attached to the carbon skeletons of organic molecules and involved in chemical reactions. |
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| An organic molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen. |
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| One of several compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures and therefore different properties. The three types of isomers are structural isomers, cis-trans isomers, and enantiomers. |
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| The study of carbon compounds (organic compounds). |
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| One of several compounds that have the same molecular formula but differ in the covalent arrangements of their atoms. |
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| water (hydrocarbon: an organic molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen) |
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| equal (isomer: one of several organic compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures and, therefore, different properties) |
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| opposite (enantiomer: molecules that are mirror images of each other) |
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| coal (carboxyl group: a functional group present in organic acids, consisting of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom and a hydroxyl group) |
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| sulfur (sulfhydryl group: a functional group that consists of a sulfur atom bonded to an atom of hydrogen) |
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| sulfur (thiol: organic compounds containing sulfhydryl groups) |
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