Solutions for Chapter 15.1SE: Chemistry: The Central Science 13th Edition

The binding of molecules to a surface. (Section 14.7)

A solution in which the solvent is water. (4.1)

A compound that contains the ¬COOH functional group. (Sections 16.10 and 24.4)

A bond to a chair conformation of cyclohexane that extends from the ring roughly perpendicular to the imaginary axis through the center of the ring; a bond that lies roughly along the equator of a cyclohexane ring

A reaction in which the Gibbs free energy of the products is lower than that of the reactants. The position of equilibrium for an exergonic reaction favors products.

A polymer that contains sections of one homopolymer that have been grafted onto a chain of the other homopolymer.

A measure of the number of degrees of unsaturation in a compound.

A substance formed in one elementary step of a multistep mechanism and consumed in another; it is neither a reactant nor an ultimate product of the overall reaction. (Section 14.6)

Refers to groups occupying 1,3-positions on a benzene ring.

A form of spectroscopy that involves the study of the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and the nuclei of atoms.

A chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of certain atoms change. (Section 4.4; Chapter 20: Introduction)

The amide linkage by which two amino acids are coupled together to form peptides.

Polymers that are similar in structure to polyesters but with repeating carbonate groups (!O!CO2!) instead of repeating ester groups (!CO2!). polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

A triglyceride having several carbon-carbon double bonds in the hydrocarbon chains of its three fatty acids.

The energy that an object possesses as a result of its composition or its position with respect to another object. (Section 5.1)

A high-energy species formed between two successive reaction steps, that lies in an energy minimum between the two transition states

The general process of advancing scientific knowledge by making experimental observations and by formulating hypotheses, theories, and laws. (Section 1.3)

An organohalide in which the alpha (a) position is connected to exactly two alkyl groups.

In IR spectroscopy, when two bonds are stretching in phase with each other.

A double-helix model for the secondary structure of a DNA molecule