Molecular weight data for some polymer are tabulated here. Compute the following: (a) the number-average molecular weight (b) the weight-average molecular weight. (c) If it is known that this materials degree ofpolymerization is 477, which one of the polymerslisted in Table 14.3 is this polymer? Why?
Chapter 5: Nucleic Acids and The RNA World Monday September 29, 2016 Most Macromolecules are polymers Polymers are made by stringing together many smaller molecules called monomers >>Built from dehydration reaction Hydrolysis: Adding water to break polymers apart ( ydrati n reaction) Dehydration Reaction: Breaking apart water molecules to form bonds Nucleic acid is a polymer of a nucleotide ,T,G,C) monomer DNA phosphate group Pentose sug ar- Ribose NA) D eoxyribose (DNA) Nitrogenous base: Purines: Doublering structure , G) Pyrim idines: Singl , C) 1. Nucleotide: *covalent bonded* Numbering System: Sugar Carbons