How pyruvate from glycolysis is converted to acetyl CoA so it can enter the citric acid cycle. Pyruvate is modified by removal of a carboxyl group followed by oxidation, and then attached to Coenzyme A.

It has been discovered that an indigenous Australian plant possesses a compound that shows antiviral activity against the H5N1 virus. Your mission, should you accept it, is to identify the compound before a rival pharmaceutical company...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students explore functional groups and their importance to organic chemistry. They relate the properties of organic compounds to their structures and...

If the amine and carboxylic acid functional groups in amino acids join together to form amide bonds, a chain of amino acid units, called a peptide, is formed. A simple tetrapeptide structure is shown in the following diagram. By...

The alkanes, alkenes, alcohols and carboxylic acids are four different homologous series of organic compounds. Their different chemical properties are due to their characteristic functional groups. This lesson focuses on Alkanes...

A collection of video lectures from a professor at the University of California, Berkeley for a chemical structure and reactivity course. The course teaches about aromatic compounds, electronic spectroscopy, and the reactivity and...

Wikipedia entry for the chemical compound amide. Includes naming conventions, properties, reactions, and so on.

Wikipedia entry for the chemical compound ester. Includes naming conventions, properties, reactions, and the like.

Here is a Lewis dot structure diagram of acetic avid, as well as a few properties of this compound.

This hands-on activity is an assessment of the students understanding of peptide and disulfide bonds formed during protein synthesis, and the structure of an amino acid (R-group plus the common structure that all amino acids share)....

In this hands-on lesson plan, learners use candy to construct models of nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats). Create visualizations that will aid in learning about dehydration synthesis and bond saturation in fat molecules....

Encyclopedia entry for functional groups that, in in organic chemistry, are specific groups of atoms within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules.

This is a brief write-up on maple syrup urine disease(MSUD), which overviews the causes, effects, treatment, and prevalence of the inherited genetic condition.