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| The study of carbon compounds |
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| an organic molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen |
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| One of several organic compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures and therefore different properties. The three types of isomers are structural isomers, gometric isomers, and enantiomers |
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| One of several organic compounds that have the same molecular formula bud differ in the covalent arrangement of their atoms |
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| One of several organic compounds that have the same molecular formula but differ in the spatial arrangements of their atoms |
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| one of two molecules that are mirror images of each other |
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| A specific configuration of atoms commonly attached to the carbon skeletons of organic molecules and usually involved in chem. reactions |
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| A functional group consisting of a hydrogen atom joined to an oxygen atom by a polar covalent bond. Molecules possessing this group are soluble in water and are called alcohols |
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| compounds that contain an hydroxyl |
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| a functional group present in aldehydes and ketones and consisting of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom |
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| when carbonyl group is within a carbon skeleton |
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| When carbonyl group is at the end of the carbon skeleton |
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| A functional group present in organic acids and consisting of a single carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom and also bonded to a hydroxyl group |
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| Organic Acids, Carboxyl compounds |
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| A functional group that consists of a nitrogen atom bonded to two hydrogen atoms; can act as a base in solution, accepting a hydrogen ion and acquiring a charge of 1+ |
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| Compounds containing an amino group |
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| A functional group consisting of a sulfur atom bonded to a hydrogen atom (-SH) |
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| Compounds containing a sulfhydrl group |
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| A functional group important in energy transfer |
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| A compound containing a phosphate group |
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| Adenosin Triphosphate (ATP) |
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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 cell |
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