Concept 4.1: Organic chemistry is key to the origin of life

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Flashcards from Concept 4.1 of Pearson's Campbell Biology, Twelfth Edition.

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<p>Organic chemistry</p>

Organic chemistry

The study of compounds that contain carbon, regardless of origin

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Properties of carbon

  • Can form four bonds, allowing it to make a wide variety of moleucles

    • This makes it responsible for the planet’s variety of organisms

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Major elements of life

The elements:

  • Carbon (C)

  • Hydrogen (H)

  • Oxygen (O)

  • Nitrogen (N)

  • Sulfur (S)

  • Phosphorus (P)

Distributions are quite uniform from one organism to the other

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Organic compounds

Compounds that contain carbon; these can range from small to colossal molecules