BIOLOGY
II
1.
Summarize
the philosophies of vitalism and mechanism, and explain how they
influenced the development of organic chemistry, as well as mainstream
biological thought.
2.
Explain
how carbon’s electron configuration determines the kinds and number of bonds
carbon will form.
3.
Describe
how carbon skeletons may vary, and explain how this variation contributes to
the diversity and complexity of organic molecules.
4.
Distinguish
among the three types of isomers: structural, geometric and enantiomers.
5.
Recognize
the major functional groups, and describe the chemical properties of organic
molecules in which they occur.