Rebecca Davenport BIO 1406 BW1 9 13 16 Chapter 4 blueprint 1 Organic Chemistry study of compounds containing carbon i Organic compounds compounds containing carbon ii EX C6H12O6 CH4 2 Why is Carbon so important i Can form single double and triple covalent bonds in a combination necessary to share 4 valence electrons ii Carbon skeletons vary by 1 Length 2 Branching 3 double bond position 4 presence of rings 3 Hydrocarbon i Organic compounds that contain only hydrogen and carbon ii What is one key feature of hydrocarbons 4 Isomer i Molecules with the same chemical formula but different structural spatial arrangements ii Three types of Isomers 1 Structural isomersa contain the same atoms but in different bonding relationships b 2 cis trans isomersa positioning around double bond b 3 Enantiomersa mirror image of another molecule b 5 plus methyl group
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