BIO 111 Study Objectives for Chapter 4

  1. What is an organic molecule?
  2. What is a hydrocarbon?
  3. What is an isomer? Structural isomer? Geometric isomer? Enantiomer?
  4. What is a functional group?
  5. Know the structure of the following functional groups, and the names of the molecules they contruct: a. hydroxyl group, b. carbonyl group, c. carboxyl group, d. amino group, e. phosphate group, and f. sulfhydryl group.