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Organic Chemistry
Term | Definition |
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shorthand for Carboxylic acid | -COOH |
shorthand for Alcohol | -OH |
shorthand for Aldehyde | -CHO |
shorthand for Amine | -NH2 |
shorthand for Ether | -OR |
1 carbon prefix | meth- |
2 carbon prefix | eth- |
3 carbon prefix | prop- |
4 carbon prefix | but- |
5 carbon prefix | pent- |
6 carbon prefix | hex- |
7 carbon prefix | hept- |
8 carbon prefix | oct- |
9 carbon prefix | non- |
10 carbon prefix | dec- |
aldehyde | carbon double bonded to an oxygen and single bonded to a hydrogen at the end of a chain |
ketone | carbon double bonded to an oxygen in the middle of a chain |
carboxylic acid | carbon double bonded to an oxygen and single bonded to a hydroxyl (-OH) at the end of a chain |
ester | carbon double bonded to an oxygen and single bonded to an oxygen attached to more carbons (-OR) |
ether | oxygen single bonded to two carbons in the middle of a carbon chain |
haloalkane | halogen attached to an alkane |
alkane | hydrocarbon (all carbons and hydrogens with only single bonds) |
alkene | hydrocarbon with at least one double bonded carbon |
alkyne | hydrocarbon with at least one triple bonded carbon |
amino acid | monomer of proteins |
nucleotide | monomer of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) |
components of a nucleotide | sugar, nitrogenous base, phosphate group |
emperical formula of a monosaccharide | CnH2nOn |
components of a fatty acid | carboxylic acid and hydrocarbon |
components of a phospholipid | two fatty acids, polar head group, and glycerol |
components of a triglyceride | three fatty acids and a glycerol |
protein functions | catalysis, structural, oxygen transport, energy transformation, cellular pump |