Carbon About half the dry weight of cells Single bonds with O, H, N & C Fee rotation Tetrahedral (109.5 bond angle)
Carbon Double bonds with O, N, & C Shorter bond (0.135 nm vs. 0.154 nm) No rotation Planar (120)
Carbon
Hydrocarbons Aliphatic Straight chain Branched Cyclic Aromatic
Functional Groups
Functional Groups
Functional Groups
Functional Groups
Functional Groups
Functional Groups
Different chemical and physical properties Geometric Isomers Differ in arrangement of their substituent groups with respect to double bonds Different chemical and physical properties
Stereoisomers Same bonds, but different configurations Enantiomers – mirror images Diastereomers – non-mirror images
Stereoisomers
Stereoisomers
Stereoisomers D L
Stereoisomers
Stereochemistry – 3D structure Enzyme – substrate Hormone receptor – hormone Transport protein Neurotransmitter – receptor Antibodies – foreign objects