MCB 450 EXAM 1 UIUC UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

MCB 450 EXAM 1 UIUC UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. cell
Answer:
the basic unit of life

Question:
2. Elements of life
Answer:
Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, Phosphorous, Nitrogen, and sulfur

Question:
3. single bonds
Answer:
bonds that can rotate

Question:
4. double bonds
Answer:
bonds that cannot rotate

Question:
5. single bond length
Answer:
1.54 A

Question:
6. double bond length
Answer:
1.34 A

Question:
7. stereoisomers
Answer:
molecules with the same chemical bonds but different configuration

Question:
8. geometric isomers
Answer:
cis and trans isomers

Question:
9. chiral molecules

, Answer:
molecules that cannot be superimposed

Question:
10. achiral molecule
Answer:
molecules that can be superimposed

Question:
11. enantiomers
Answer:
molecules that are non-superimposable (D and L amino acids/ carbohydrates)

Question:
12. Living amino acids
Answer:
L-amino acids

Question:
13. conformation
Answer:
bond rotation of a molecule

Question:
14. phenyl
Answer:




Question:
15. methyl
Answer: