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Ch. 4 - Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life

Chapter 4, Problem 7

Which action could produce a carbonyl group? a. the replacement of the —OH of a carboxyl group with hydrogen b. the addition of a thiol to a hydroxyl c. the addition of a hydroxyl to a phosphate d. the replacement of the nitrogen of an amine with oxygen

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Hello everyone here We have a question asking when a hydroxyl group is attached to a specific carbon backbone, what will be its product? A hydroxyl group is an oxygen and hydrogen. And here we're attaching to a specific carbon backbone. So our choices are a alcohol. Be Aldo hide, see ketone D. Amine. When we add a hydroxyl group to a specific carbon backbone, we will get a an alcohol. Thank you for watching. Bye.