Chapter 4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life p. 53

Organic chemistry is the study of carbon compounds p. 53

• Organic chemistry
• Major elements of life

Carbon atoms are the most versatile building blocks of molecules p. 54

• Chemical characteristics of carbon
• Tetravalence

• Figure 4.3 p. 55

Variation in carbon skeletons contributes to the diversity of organic molecules p. 56

• Carbon skeletons
• Single, double, triple bonds
• Hydrocarbons

Isomers

• Structural isomer
• Geometric isomers
• Enantiomers
• Asymmetric carbon

• Figure 4.7 p. 58

• Figure 4.6 p. 57

Functional groups also contribute to the molecular diversity of life p. 58

• Functional groups
• Table 4.1 p. 59
• You will need to know each of the functional groups, formulas, names of compounds and examples. Joy, joy..

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