Fundamentals of Biochemistry Third Edition Donald Voet • Judith G. Voet • Charlotte W. Pratt Chapter 1 Introduction to the Chemistry of Life Copyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Chapter 1 Opener

Table 1-1

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Things to recall from organic chemistry: carboxylic acid/amine reactions

Things to recall from organic chemistry: intermolecular forces

Recall the terminology of functional groups

Table 1-2, part 2

Recall the terminology of biological molecules

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Recall the terminology of cellular biology

All organisms share common biochemical properties which suggests an evolutionary linkage Figure 1-9

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Things to recall from organic chemistry: Gibbs free energy

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