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| the study of carbon compounds and the chemistry of living things |
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| A molecule with a basic skeleton made up of carbon atoms |
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| the belief in a life force outside the jurisdiction of physical and chemical laws |
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| the belief that all natural phenomena, including the processes of life, are governed by physical and chemical laws |
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| molecules with carbon and hydrogen only |
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| compounds with the same molecular but different structural formulas |
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| differ in covalent arrangement of atom |
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| same covalent relationships and differ in spatial relationships caused by double bonds |
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| are mirror images caused by having a carbon bonded to four different things; asymmetrical carbon |
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| the middle carbon in an enantiomer that is attached to four different atoms |
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| groups of elements commonly attached to C that are involved in chemical reactions; determine behavior of molecule |
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| a hyrdogen is bonded to an oxygen, which is then bonded to the carbon skeleton; is polar and dissolves in water |
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| organic compounds containing hydroxyl groups |
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| consists of a carbon atom joined to an oxygen atom by a double bond; acts as an acid |
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| organic compound where the carbonyl group is on the end of a carbon skeleton |
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| organic compound where the carbonyl group is located somewhere other than the end of a carbon skeleton; at least three carbons long |
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| where an oxygen atom is double-bonded to a carbon atom that is also bonded to a hydroxyl group |
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| compounds containing carboxyl groups; organic acids |
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| consists of a nitrogen atom bonded to two hydrogen atoms and to the carbon skeleton |
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| an organic compound in the amino group |
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| consists of a sulfur atom bonded to an atom of hydrogen, resembling a hydroxyl group in shape |
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| organic compounds containing sulfhydryls |
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| contain a phosphate ion covalently attached by one of its oxygen atoms to the carbon skeleton; transwers energy between organic molecules |
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