General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life 4th Edition - Solutions by Chapter

An organic compound obtained by substituting a hydroxyl group 1¬OH2 for a hydrogen on a hydrocarbon. (Sections 2.9 and 24.4)

An SR group.

A carbocation in which an allylic carbon bears the positive charge.

A steroid hormone, such as testosterone, that promotes tissue and muscle growth and development

A steroid hormone, such as testosterone, that mediates the development of sexual characteristics of males.

A conformation in which a hydrogen atom and a leaving group are separated by a dihedral angle of exactly 180°.

An amine in which the nitrogen atom is connected directly to an aromatic ring.

In a bicyclic system, the carbon atoms where the rings are fused together.

A polymer that is constructed from more than one repeating unit.

A derivative of a carboxylic acid in which H of the carboxyl group is replaced by a carbon.

A reaction in which the reaction rate is proportional to the concentration of a single reactant, raised to the first power. (Section 14.4)

Coal, oil, and natural gas, which are presently our major sources of energy. (Section 5.8)

The bond from the anomeric carbon of a glycoside to an !OR group

The sum of the number of rings and p bonds in a molecule.

A CH2 group.

A compound that rotates plane-polarized light.

A compound in which one or more OH groups, and possibly additional oxygen atoms, are bonded to a central atom. (Section 16.10)

An equation that relates the reaction rate to the concentrations of reactants (and sometimes of products also). (Section 14.3)

The absorption of electromagnetic radiation by a precessing nucleus and the resulting “fl ip” of its nuclear spin from the lower energy state to the higher energy state.

A covalent bond involving one electron pair. (Section 8.3)