'Fischer projection formulas' presentation slideshows

Introductory Biochemistry BIOC

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Chapter 5: Stereoisomerism

Chapter 5: Stereoisomerism. Stereoisomers are compounds that have the same structural formula in terms of order of attachment, but differ in arrangements of the atoms in space.

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Carbohydrate Basics

Carbohydrate Basics. Carbohydrates (Overview):. - essential components of all living things. - most abundant of the four major classes of biological molecules (other classes are proteins, nucleic acids and lipids).

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Chirality

Chirality. Chirality - the Handedness of Molecules. Isomers. we concentrate on enantiomers and diastereomers. Enantiomers. Enantiomers: nonsuperposable mirror images as an example of a molecule that exists as a pair of enantiomers, consider 2-butanol. Enantiomers.

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