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------------------Online---------------------------------------------------------- Ch. 4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life

2. Carbon atoms are the most versatile building blocks of molecules
Ball-and-Stick & Space-Filling Models

Fig. 4.2 from your textbook shows four different ways to draw an organic molecules, depending on what you are trying to show.

Which of the following gives the most information on molecular shape?
a. molecular formula
b. structural formula
c. ball-and-stick model
d. space-filling model.

Since shape is so important to the "lock and key" interaction between organic molecules, space-filling models are frequently used.

Summary: Students should write summary statements below as bullet points.

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3. Variation in carbon skeletons...