Carbon and Molecular Diversity of Life Chapter 4 (p. 58-67) Carbon and Molecular Diversity of Life

Miller & Urey Experiment

Variation in Carbon Skeletons Length of carbon chain Ethane Propane

Variation in Carbon Skeletons Branching of carbon chain

Variation in Carbon Skeletons Double bond position 1-butene 2-butene

Hydrocarbons

Variation in Carbon Skeletons Presence of rings Cyclohexene Benzene

Isomers Structural

Isomers Cis-trans

Isomers Enantiomers

Isomers Enantiomers

Functional Groups Estradiol Testosterone

Hydroxyl Ethanol

Carbonyl Acetone Propanal

Carboxyl Acetic acid

Amino Glycine

Sulfhydryl Cysteine

Phosphate Adenosine triphosphate

Methyl 5-Methyl cytosine