Biochem

• 96% of body is

  Water
• which are building block elements?


  Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, and Hydrogen
• what is building blocks 


  ability to build off one to another
• what are 2 fundamental types of chemical bonds ?

  1. Ionic bonds 2. Covalent Bonds
• What is an ionic bond?

  electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions
• What are covalent bonds? 


  formed by sharing electrons (2 or more)
• Are covalent bonds dissolve in water?

  No
• how many intermolecular forces ?

  3
• what is London dispersion forces?

  cna occur between any molecular/ covalent compounds
• dipole - dipole interactions are

  attractive forces between polar molecular only
• Hydrogen bonding 


  Occurs with O,N,F to another O,N,F
• which is the highest intermolecular bonding?

  Hydrogen bonding
• why are intermolecular forces important? 


  because they play important roles to determined biomolecule structure and how they interact with each other
• each hydrogen bond has a 


  H-Bond donor and H-Bond acceptor
• what is a molecule ?

  a compound held together by covalent bonds
• what is a compound?

  2 different elements