Biologie

• Glucose, also known as Dextrose, is a molecule that is important in biology as it is how energy is stored and transferred in biological systems.
• Blood sugar refers to the glucose content in blood.
• Photosynthesis is a process where plants use the sun's energy to store the energy in the form of glucose.
• Hydrogen can attach to oxygen, leaving the oxygen with a positive charge and the hydrogen with a negative charge.
• In a solution of water, hydrogen can use one of its lone pairs to grab a hydrogen proton, allowing the oxygen to take its electrons and turn into a neutral character.
• Glucose and other sugars are often seen in many different molecules throughout academic career.
• Cellular respiration is a process where glucose is used to create ATP, the molecular currency of energy.
• Glucose can be chained together with other glucose molecules to form Glycogen or Starches.
• Glucose can also be used to form table sugar.
• Glucose is sweet due to its chemical structure, which is why it is referred to as Lucas in Greek.
• Glucose is a simple sugar, along with another simple sugar fructose, that can be used to form our table sugar.
• Glucose is a six-carbon molecule with 12 hydrogen and six oxygen atoms.
• One carbon of glucose is part of a carbonyl group, which is bonded to an oxygen, making it an aldehyde group.
• The carbonyl group consists of carbon one and then numbers up from there two three four five and then that is the number six carbon.
• The carbon atom that forms the carbonyl group can let go of one of the bonds in the double bond, and the electrons in that bond can be used by the oxygen to capture a hydrogen proton.
• The bond between carbon three and carbon two is big and fat to indicate that it's closer to us and popping out of the page.
• The bond between carbon and oxygen, when formed, is known as a nucleophilic attack.
• The hydroxyl group typically reacts with the carbonyl group.
• Oxygen, being electronegative, likes to hog electrons and can form a bond with a partially positive carbon.
• The bond from carbon two to carbon one is also big and fat to indicate that it's closer to us and popping out of the page.
• The bond formed between carbon and oxygen can be used by the oxygen to capture a hydrogen proton, forming a hydronium molecule.
• The bond from carbon five to carbon six is also big and fat to indicate that it's closer to us and popping out of the page.
• The bond from carbon four to carbon five is also big and fat to indicate that it's closer to us and popping out of the page.
• The bond from carbon three to carbon four is also big and fat to indicate that it's closer to us and popping out of the page.
• The other five carbons of glucose are each bonded to a hydroxyl, making it an alcohol.
• Glucose has a chemical formula of C6H12O6.
• Glucose can exist in its straight chain form, which is referred to as an aldehyde, or in its cyclical form.