What are the names and structures of the following compounds? #"CO"_2#, #"C"_6"H"_12"O"_6#, #"ATP"#

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Mar 17, 2017

#"CO"_2# has one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms, so it is called carbon dioxide. It's a gas you can find anywhere on Earth that has air, and it's why the pH of everyday water open to the air is less than #7# (it dissolves in water to make some #"H"_2"CO"_3#, an acid in soda).

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#"C"_6"H"_12"O"_6# corresponds to many different compounds, but I presume you mean glucose (a six-carbon sugar), which plants make from photosynthesis. It's also made and/or utilized in our bodies, in for example, the citric acid cycle, glycolysis, etc.

The following structure has the name #alpha#-D-glucopyranose:

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It does break open in water, but it exists primarily (#99%#) as this ringed structure in water.

#"ATP"#, or adenosine triphosphate, is often referred to as the energy carrier in the cells of many organisms. It holds three phosphate groups, and essentially releases and re-binds to one or two phosphate groups to transport energy.

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