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Organic Chemistry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |