Ppt
Bio1151
Chapter 4
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
Living organisms are made up of
compounds based mostly on the element
carbon,
which has
valence
electrons,
and can form four covalent bonds with other atoms.
Fats
contain
tails composed of only
and
atoms.
Some organic compounds occur as
with the same molecular
formula
but different
.
groups
are the chemically reactive groups of atoms that give
molecules distinctive
chemical
properties.