Chem 336 - Spring 2002
Organic Chemistry III
Dr. Carl C. Wamser
know the terminology:
lipid, fatty acid, fat, oil, glyceride, soap, phospholipid, micelle, lipid bilayer, hydrophilic, hydrophobic, steroid, hormone, prostaglandin, terpene
recognize representative examples of mono-, di-, and triglycerides
recognize representative examples of terpenes and steroids
recognize how and why soaps form micelles and the special solubilizing properties of micelles
recognize how and why phospholipids form bilayers and the special membrane properties of lipid bilayers
identify biosynthetic origins of selected compounds, e.g., isoprene units within terpenes
follow biosynthetic reactions in selected reaction sequences, e.g., fatty acid biosynthesis