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Important Terms

Molecules interact through various forces that can be either attractive or repulsive. These interactions include ionic-dipole forces, where oppositely charged functional groups attract, and dipole-dipole interactions, which occur when partial charges within covalent bonds attract each other.

Important Terms

Important Terms

Intermolecular Forces of Attraction

An interaction between two molecules that can either be attractive or repulsive.
Ionic-dipole

The electrons are unequally shared so the functional group is negatively charged or positively charged. Oppositely charged functional groups attract.

Hydrogen Bonding

A special case of dipole involving functional groups containing H bonded to N or O because electrons are more unequally shared. The partial negative and positive charges are stronger. Oppositely charged ends of functional groups on two different molecules attract.

In water, hydrogen in one water molecule connect to another water molecule's oxygen to create a link of water molecules.

Dipole-dipole

The electrons in a covalent bond in a functional group are not shared equally. This causes a partial negative charge to exist on one end of the functional group, and a partial positive charge on the other. Oppositely charged ends of functional groups on two different molecules attract.

Dispersion

The electrons around an atom in a molecule are, on average, evenly distributed around the nuclei, but at any time they could all be found on one side of a molecule. At this instant, a mini-negative charge would result which can repel electrons in a nearby molecule. The two molecules attract.

Polarity

Polar
Molecule or part of a molecule where electrons are shared unequally.

When there is an electronegativity difference between atoms in a molecule, the atom or group of atoms with the higher electronegativity will be more negatively charged. This makes a molecule polar.

Non-polar
A molecule or part of a molecule where atoms share electrons equally.

Many symmetrical molecules are non-polar due to the dipoles canceling each other out.

Functional Groups

A group of atoms responsible for certain properties of a molecule.
Examples

Sulfhydryl

Found in the amino acid cysteine and thus in most proteins

Phosphate

Found in the nucleic acids (DNA, RNA), ADP, ATP, phospholipids

Amine

Found in amino acids, proteins, and other N-containing compounds.

Carboxyl

Found in organic acids such as amino acids and fatty acids.

Ketone

Found in keto-type sugars.

Aldehyde

Found in aldo-type sugars

Hydroxyl

Found in carbohydrates and many other cellular compounds