Framework of biological molecules
Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen Sulfur Posphorus
How many bonds can carbon make? (Type)
4 covalent bond
Carbon and Hydrogen have ____ electronegativites
similar
Isomers
o Same molecular formal existing in different forms
Structural Isomers
o Difference in the actual structure of their carbon skeleton
Stereoisomers
o Same carbon skeleton but differ in the groups attached are arranged in space
Enzymes
o Recognize only a single specifiec stereoisomer
Enantiomer
Chiral molecule
Chiral molecule
o Molecule that has mirror-image version