Chapter Profile

The content in  this    chapter should  be  relevant    to  about   7%  of  all questions   about   Organic

Chemistry   on  the MCAT.   

This    chapter covers  material    from    the following   AAMC    content categories: 

1A: Structure   and function    of  proteins    and their   constituent amino   acids

5D: Structure,  function,   and reactivity  of  biologically-relevant   molecules

Introduction

We saw in the previous three chapters that carbonyls are susceptible to attack by everything from
water to amines to other carbonyl-containing compounds (in the enol or enolate form). These
reactions often result in the formation of carboxylic acid derivatives. Our focus in this chapter will be