Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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Author: William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Neutral Amino Acids
Amino acids which do not have any charge on them are neutral amino acids.
Globular Protein
The globular proteins refer to the shape of protein specifically spherical in nature apart from spherical form fibrous, disordered and membrane-bound proteins exist. These globular proteins are miscible in water and form a colloidal solution rather than …
Dimer
Dimers are basic organic compounds, which are derivates of oligomers. It is formed by the combination of two monomers which could potentially be strong or weak and in most cases covalent or intermolecular in nature. Identical monomers are called homodime…
Dipeptide
A dipeptide is considered a mixture of two distinct amino acids. Since the amino acids are distinct, based on their composition, two dipeptide's isomers can be produced. Various dipeptides are biologically essential and are therefore crucial to industry.
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Chapter 3.8, Problem EQ

As stated, proteins are stereochemically pure because only a single enantiomer of each amino acid building block is used by nature. How many stereoisomers are possible for a chain of only 3 chiral amino acids if both enantiomers of the amino acids are used?

  1. 1. 2
  2. 2. 4
  3. 3. 8
  4. 4. 16
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Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 3.1PCh. 3.3 - Assign priorities to the groups in each set. (a)...Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 3.3PCh. 3.4 - Following are stereorepresentations for the four...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 3.5PCh. 3.4 - Prob. 3.6PCh. 3.5 - How many stereoisomers exist for...Ch. 3.5 - How many stereoisomers exist for...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 3.9PCh. 3.7 - Prob. 3.10P
Ch. 3.8 - If the side chain of the amino add is a methyl...Ch. 3.8 - Prob. BQCh. 3.8 - The amino acids cysteine and serine are shown....Ch. 3.8 - Prob. DQCh. 3.8 - As stated, proteins are stereochemically pure...Ch. 3.8 - As stated, proteins are stereochemically pure...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.11PCh. 3 - One reason we can be sure that sp3-hybridized...Ch. 3 - Which compounds contain chiral centers? (a)...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.15PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.16PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.17PCh. 3 - Mark each chiral center in the following molecules...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.19PCh. 3 - Assign priorities to the groups in each set. (a) H...Ch. 3 - Following are structural formulas for the...Ch. 3 - Following is a staggered conformation for one of...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.23PCh. 3 - When oxaloacetic acid and acetyl-coenzyme A...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.25PCh. 3 - Mark each chiral center in the following molecules...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.27PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.28PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.29PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.30PCh. 3 - Which of the following are meso compounds?Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.32PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.33PCh. 3 - Which of the following compounds are chiral?...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.35PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.36PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.37PCh. 3 - The chiral catalyst (R)-BINAP-Ru is used to...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.39P
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