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Carbon & Life - Coggle Diagram
Carbon & Life
Functional groups
Hydroxyl (-OH): alcohols, polar
Carbonyl (C=O): ketones, aldehydes
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Importance of carbon
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Forms chains, rings, double bonds
Isomers
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Enantiomers (mirror images, importance in biology)
Importance to Biology
Builds carbohydrates, Lipids, proteins, Nucleic acids
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Molecular Diversity
Hydrocarbons = nonpolar, hydrophobic, store energy