Additional Questions
Name:______________
1) Give the common and IUPAC name for the following compounds:
a)
b)
c)
d)
2) Name the following organic compounds:
a)
b)
c)
d)
3) Are the following compounds soluble, slightly soluble, or insoluble?
a)
b)
c)
d)
4) Is the carbon with the star chiral or achiral?
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a)
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b)
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c)
5) Draw the condensed structural formula of the product of each of the following reactions:
Name each reactant and product.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
6) What type of monosaccharide Are the following monosaccharides? (ex: aldopentose)
7) Glucose is shown below: which isomer (L- or D-) is it? Draw the α- and β- Haworth structure.
8) Soap has a water attracting end (hydrophilic) and a water repelling end (hydrophobic), how
does each end contribute to cleaning oil or grease?
9) Are the following fatty acids saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated?
a)
b)
c)
d)
10) Identify each part of the following phospholipid as:
(a) glycerol (b) fatty acid (c) phosphate or (d) nitrogen base
11) Explain how tran-fats are created and answer the following question. If the list of ingredients
on a product says that it contains partially or fully hydrogenated vegetable oils, does the
product have trans-fats?
12) Are the following fatty acids oils or solids at room temperature?
a)
b)
c)
d)
13) Which of the following has the general structure shown here:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Steroids
Carbohydrate
Fatty acid
Fats/oils
14) True or False. The hydrophobic nature of lipids has many important biological
consequences.
15) _______ transport cholesterol to the tissues, they are also responsible for depositing extra
cholesterol in the arteries in the form of plaque. ________ pick up cholesterol from the
tissues and carry it to the liver to be converted to bile salts and excreted.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Hormones, steroids
HDLs, LDLs
Fatty acids, simple lipids
LDLs, HDLs
16) In this diagram of a cell membrane, the object labeled A is:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Cholesterol
Hydrophobic groups
Proteins
Hydrophilic groups
17) When molecules or ions move through the cell membrane from a high concentration to a low
concentration without energy, it is called:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Diffusion
Protein transport
Active transport
Facilitated diffusion
Also study types of lipids, hydrogenation reactions, types of polysaccharides, and acetal
bonding to make disaccharides.