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8555093340Carbonbackbone of life with 4 valence electrons0
8555099351Organic chemistrystudy of carbon based compounds1
8555104410major elements of lifeC, H, O, N, P, S2
8555116597Inorganiccompounds lacking C and H3
8555118279Hydrocarbonsmolecules consisting of only H and C4
8555121550Isomerscompounds that have the same numbers of atoms of the same elements but different structures and different properties5
85551265063 types of isomersstructural, cis-trans, and enantiomers6
8555130842Structural isomersdiffer in covalent arrangements of their atoms7
8555135597cis-trans isomersC have covalent bonds to the same atoms but these atoms differ in their spatial arrangement due to the inflexibility of double bonds8
8555144256cis isomersIn a compound with H and X, both X's are on the same side of the double bond9
8555149074trans isomersIn a compound with H and X, X's are on opposite sides of the double bond10
8555152302Enantiomersmirror images of each other and that differ in shape due to presence of an asymmetric C.11
8555166195Functional groupschemical groups that are directly involved in chemical reactions (7 are most important in biological sciences)12
8555180279Hydroxyl group13
8555185233Carbonyl group14
8555187855Carboxyl group15
8555191382Amino group16
8555194888Sulfhydryl group17
8555200334Phosphate group18
8555201950Methyl group19
8555206487ATPadenosine triphosphate provides energy for the cell when a P is released from the molecule20
85552454034 ways C skeletons can varylength, branching, double bond position presence of rings21
8555253937molethe number of particles of a substance with a mass equivalent to its molecular (or atomic) mass in daltons22
8555261207Avogadro's numberthere are 6.02 x 10^23 molecules (or atoms) in 1.0 mole23
8555301984Stanley Milleraddressed the question "Can organic molecules form under conditions estimated to simulate those on the early Earth?" 195324
8555319363Friedrich Wohler1828 - tried to make an inorganic salt, ammonium cyanate by mixing solutions of ammonium ions and cyanate ions, instead he made urea - compound found in urine of animals25

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