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    Chapter 4

    Carbon and the


    Molecular
    Diversity of Life

    Lecture Presentations by
    Nicole Tunbridge and
    © 2021 Pearson Education, Inc. Kathleen Fitzpatrick
    Figure 4.1

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    Figure 4.1a

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    CONCEPT 4.1: Organic chemistry is key to the
    origin of life
    • Organic chemistry is the study of compounds that
    contain carbon, regardless of origin
    • Organic compounds range from simple molecules to
    colossal ones

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    Organic Molecules and the Origin of Life on
    Earth
    • Stanley Miller’s classic experiment demonstrated
    the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds
    • Experiments support the idea that abiotic synthesis
    of organic compounds, perhaps near volcanoes,
    could have been a stage in the origin of life

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    Figure 4.2

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    • The overall percentages of the major elements of
    life—C, H, O, N, S, and P—are quite uniform from
    one organism to another
    • Because carbon can form four bonds, these
    building blocks can be used to make an
    inexhaustible variety of organic molecules
    • The great diversity of organisms on the planet is
    due to the versatility of carbon

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    CONCEPT 4.2: Carbon atoms can form diverse
    molecules by bonding to four other atoms
    • Electron configuration is the key to an atom’s
    chemical characteristics
    • Electron configuration determines the kinds and
    number of bonds an atom will form with other
    atoms

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    The Formation of Bonds with Carbon
    • With four valence electrons, carbon can form four
    covalent bonds with a variety of atoms
    • This enables carbon to form large, complex
    molecules
    • In molecules with multiple carbons, each carbon
    bonded to four other atoms has a tetrahedral shape
    • However, when two carbon atoms are joined by a
    double bond, the atoms joined to the carbons are
    in the same plane as the carbons

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    Figure 4.3

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    • The number of unpaired electrons in the valence
    shell of an atom is generally equal to its valence,
    the number of covalent bonds it can form

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    Figure 4.4

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    • The electron configuration of carbon gives it
    covalent compatibility with many different elements
    • The most frequent bonding partners of carbon are
    hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen

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    Molecular Diversity Arising from Variation
    in Carbon Skeletons
    • Carbon atoms can partner with atoms other than
    hydrogen, such as the following:
    – Carbon dioxide: CO2
    O O

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    – Urea: CO(NH2)2

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    – Carbon atoms can also be linked into chains as
    shown for C3H8

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    • Carbon chains form the skeletons of most organic
    molecules
    • Carbon chains vary in length and shape

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    Figure 4.5

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    Animation: Diversity of Carbon-Based
    Molecules

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    Hydrocarbons
    • Hydrocarbons are organic molecules consisting of
    only carbon and hydrogen
    • Many organic molecules, such as fats, have
    hydrocarbon components
    • Hydrocarbons can undergo reactions that release a
    large amount of energy

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    Figure 4.6

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    Isomers
    • Isomers are compounds with the same molecular
    formula but different structures and properties
    – Structural isomers have different covalent
    arrangements of their atoms
    – Cis-trans isomers (also called geometric isomers)
    have the same covalent bonds but differ in their
    spatial arrangements
    – Enantiomers are isomers that are mirror images
    of each other

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    Figure 4.7

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    Animation: Isomers

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    • Enantiomers are important in the pharmaceutical
    industry
    • Two enantiomers of a drug may have different
    effects
    • Often only one enantiomer is biologically active
    • Differing effects of enantiomers demonstrate that
    organisms are sensitive to even subtle variations
    in molecules

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    Figure 4.8

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    CONCEPT 4.3: A few chemical groups are key to
    molecular function
    • Distinctive properties of organic molecules depend
    on the carbon skeleton and the chemical groups
    attached to it
    • These groups help give each molecule its unique
    properties

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    The Chemical Groups Most Important in the
    Processes of Life
    • Estradiol and testosterone are both steroids with
    a common carbon skeleton, in the form of four
    fused rings
    • These sex hormones differ only in the chemical
    groups attached to the rings of the carbon skeleton

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    • Functional groups are the components of organic
    molecules that are most commonly involved in
    chemical reactions
    • The number and arrangement of functional groups
    give each molecule its unique properties

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    • The seven functional groups that are most
    important in the chemistry of life are the following:
    – Hydroxyl group
    – Carbonyl group
    – Carboxyl group
    – Amino group
    – Sulfhydryl group
    – Phosphate group
    – Methyl group

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    Figure 4.9

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    Animation: Functional Groups

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    ATP: An Important Source of Energy for Cellular
    Processes
    • An important organic phosphate is adenosine
    triphosphate (ATP)
    • ATP consists of an organic molecule called
    adenosine attached to a string of three phosphate
    groups
    • ATP stores the potential to react with water
    • This reaction releases energy that can be used by
    the cell

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    The Chemical Elements of Life: A Review
    • The versatility of carbon makes possible the great
    diversity of organic molecules
    • Variation at the molecular level lies at the
    foundation of all biological diversity on our planet

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    Figure 4.UN01a

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    Figure 4.UN01b

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    Figure 4.UN08

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