Monday, September 23, 2013

Biochemistry Unit Review


In class 9/13/13, we reviewed for the unit test. We went over the properties of water: cohesive behavior, ability to moderate temperature, freezing upon expansion, and versatility as a solvent. We also went over basic chemistry, covalent and ionic bonding, number of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and valence electrons.

We reviewed polymers which are made through condensation processes (monomers + monomers= polymers and release of water) and we reviewed how monomers get released (polymers + water=release of monomers). In addition we went over different kinds of isomers: structural isomers (differ in covalent partners), geometric isomers (differ in arrangement of double bonds), and enantiomers (differ in spatial arrangement around an asymmetric carbon). There are also different groups of isomers: hydroxyl (ex: ethanol), carbonyl (ex: acetone), carboxyl (ex: vinegar), amino (ex: glycine), sulfhydryl (ex: ethane thiol), and phosphate (ex: glycerol phosphate).
    
  
Hydroxyl group: ethanol
Structural Isomer

After we reviewed these topics, we took a quiz, which helped us prepare for the test.

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