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SAT Chem Subject Test: Organic Chem

Terms in this set (17)

alcohol
an O-H bonded to a carbon atom. Because of hydroxyl (-OH) group, they are polar
halides
halogen bonded to a carbon atom
organic acids, carboxylic acids
a carboxyl group (COOH) bonded to a carbon chain; making these molecules acidic
amines
an amine (NH2) bonded to a carbon atom; this group is similar to ammonia (NH3), and thus these molecules molecules are basic
aldehydes
a carbonyl (C--O) group bonded to a terminal carbon, or a carbon that is at the end of the carbon chain
ketones
a carbonyl (C--O) group that is bonded to a nonterminal carbon, or one that is not at the end of the carbon chain
ethers
an oxygen atom links two hydrocarbon chains
esters
a ketone and an ether put together
alkanes
CnH2n+2
alkenes
CnH2n
alkynes
CnH2n-2
lipids
fats and oils, make up cell walls (phospholipids)
carbohydrates
sugars, made of carbon hydrogen oxygen typically in 1:2:1 ratio.
nucleic acids
made of nucleotides, DNA and RNA
proteins
made of amino acids, Chained amino acids are polypeptides which when folded form proteins. Enzymes
earth's atmosphere (close to far)
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
acid rain
rain formed typically when rainwater reacts with SO3
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