Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry Review Questions

1. What is an organic compound?
2. Explain why carbon has a total of 4 covalent bonds.[answer]
3. Explain why water is removed in condensation reactions and why water is needed for hydrolysis reactions.
4. What is a carbohydrate?
5. What is the function of monosaccharides?
6. What is the chemical formula of glucose?
7. Name four major kinds of polysaccharides and state the function of each.
8. Name four major kinds of lipids and state the function of each.
9. Describe the structure of a triglyceride and a phospholipid.
10. Describe the structue of DNA.
11. State the function of DNA. [answer]