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Lipids & Nucleic Acids

Fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, terpenes, steroids, nucleotides, and DNA/RNA

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🧪 Lipids & Nucleic Acids

Study fatty acids and triglycerides, saponification, phospholipid bilayers, terpenes and steroids, nucleotide structure, phosphodiester bonds, base pairing, and the DNA double helix.

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📝 Worked Example: Stoichiometry — Limiting Reagent

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22 mol of H2H_2 reacts with 11 mol of O2O_2. How many grams of water are produced? Which is the limiting reagent? (2H2+O2→2H2O2H_2 + O_2 \to 2H_2O)

2Determine the limiting reagent
3Calculate moles of product
4Convert moles to grams

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