2.1 Organic Polymers
Skill:
2.1.S2: Identification of biochemical such as sugars, lipids, or amino acids from molecular drawings.
2.1.S2: Identification of biochemical such as sugars, lipids, or amino acids from molecular drawings.
Objectives:
- Identify the four major classes of carbon compounds used by living organisms from given diagrams (examples will include D-ribose, alpha glucose, beta glucose, trigylcerides, phospholipids and steroids).
- State the generalized chemical formula of the carbohydrates.
- Identify the following carbohydrates from molecular drawings: D-ribose, alpha glucose, beta glucose, cellulose, glycogen, amylose starch and amylopectin starch.
- Compare the relative amount of oxygen atoms in lipids to the amount in carbohydrates.
- Identify the following lipids from molecular drawings: triglycerides, phospholipids and steroids.