The outline sheet on Dr Lavelle's website for Outline 3 said that we should be able to draw lewis structures of inorganic, organic, and biological compounds. I was wondering: what's the difference between these three?
Also, It said we should be able to "Draw line structures of organic compounds." Can anyone clarify what this means?
Outline 3 Sheet Question
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Re: Outline 3 Sheet Question
Organic molecules have carbon-hydrogen bonds and these are made by biological systems, inorganic molecules don't have these bonds. Line structures is referring to the rings and lines formed by carbon chains.
Re: Outline 3 Sheet Question
For line structures of organic compounds, each point/end of the line represents a carbon in the carbon chain and then other elements will be written like in normal lewis structures, except for hydrogens attached to the carbons.
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Re: Outline 3 Sheet Question
There are also different notations for double or triple bonds. See a molecule of benzene for more information. Hope this helps!
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