biomolecules

• polymers - long molecule consisting of many similar or identical building blocks linked by covalent bonds
• monomers - small units that build polymers
• dehydration - two molecules are covalent bonded with each other with the loss of a water molecule
• polymerization - addition of monomers to a chain which result in a polymer
• hydrolysis reaction - breaking the polymer chain by adding water molecule
• nucleic acids - natural polymers with very large molar masses
• carbohydrates - compound made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
• disaccharides - formed when two monosaccharides are linked by glycosydic linkage
• polysaccharides - polymers with a few hundred to a few thousand monosaccharides joined by glycosydic acids
• lipids - a class of naturally occurring organic compound distinguish by their solubility in an organic solvent