Organic Chemistry, Polymers, and Biochemistry Directions: Respond to the questi
- Identify the class of each of the following compounds:
- CH3CH2CH2CH2COOH
- CH3CH=CHCH2CH3
- C2H5OC2H5
- CH3CH2CHOHCH2CH3
- (CH3)3COH
- How do the structures of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols differ?
- Write the equation for the formation of an ester from acetic acid (CH3COOH) and ethanol (C2H5OH), and give its name.
- What is the role of sulfur in the vulcanization process?
- Which of these objects is chiral?
- A baseball
- The human body
- A sphere
- A baseball glove
- Scissors
- The Statue of Liberty
- The Washington Monument
- A double helix
- A nucleotide
- Glycine
- Proline
- Describe how a surfactant such as a soap or detergent molecule works.
- What functional groups are always present in each molecule of an amino acid?
- Which of the following biochemical are polymers?
- Starch
- Cellulose
- Glucose
- Fats
- Glycylalanylcysteine
- Proteins
- DNA
- RNA