Test 2 Biochemistry

An ____ is an electron pair acceptor

acceptor

Lewis acid, which seeks electrons, is an ______

electrophile

A base is an electron pair ______ (forms bond with _____.)

1. donor
2. proton

Acid/Base reactions will produce _____ and a ____..... and some time a __________.

1. water
2. salt
3. carbon dioxide

A lewis base, which seeks substances which are electron ______, is classified as a ___________.

1. Deficient
2. Nucleophile

Strong acids are ___________( ) in water.

100% ionized (completely dissociated)

With weak acids only a small % __________ ( ) in water

ionized (incompletely dissociated)

Acid-Base reactions are ______ ______.

Equilibrium processes

The relationship between the relative concentrations of the reactants and products is a ____ _____ _____ referred to as the ____ _ _____ _____ _____.

1. temperature dependent constant
2. Acid or Base Dissociation Constant

The ______ the acid or base, the larger the value of the ________ constant (the more completely _____ it is).

1. stronger
2. dissociation
3. dissociated

This gives rise to an equilibrium expression, ___

Keq

____ tells you which way the reaction is going

Keq

If Keq is greater than 1 it favors _____.

product

If Keq is less than 1 if favors _____.

reactants

If a chemical system in equilibrium is disturbed, the system will adjust to restore equilibrium.... (whose principle?)

Le Chatelier's Principle

Two variables that alter equilibrium:
1. Change in ______ of ______ or _______.
2. Change in _____, change ______.

1.concentration 2. temperature
reactants Keq
products

The pH is a measure of a solutions ________.
Low pH = ______.

1. acidity
2. acidosis

The _____ the pH, the _____ the concentration of the hydrogen ion.

higher
lower

The _____ the pH the higher the acidity.

lower

Pure water has a pH of __.
The body has a pH of __.

1. 7
2. 7.4

pH is defined in terms of the _____ concentration

proton

BUFFERS SECTION

BUFFERS

Buffers consist of __ __ and its ___ or ___ ___ and its ___ & resist changes in ___ to maintain ___ _____ thus preventing ____ and ____.

1. weak acid and its salt
2. weak base and its salt
3. pH
4. pH balance
5. acidosis and alkalosis

The salt of the weak acid or weak base can also be called the _____.

conjugate

Changes in pH reflect ____ changes in ____.

1. exponential
2. H+

The simpliest way to both acid and base present is to use a ____ _____ ____

Conjugate acid-base pair

The chemical reaction that is used to calculate the ____ ____ or the chemical behavior of such buffer solutions is either the one that defines __, or the one that defines __.

1. equilibrium composition
2. Ka
3. Kb

Ka=

Dissociation constant of the weak acid

Kb=

Dissociation constant of the weak base

Water is a ____ buffer.

poor

When a buffer is at ______ the Ph will change very little when ___ or ___ are added

1. equilibrium
2. H+
3. OH-

When base OH- is added to a buffer at equilibrium the _____ ____ (___) in the buffer will release to make ____ until balance can be roughly restored with _____ parts of OH- and H+ in the solution

1. reserve acid (OH-)
2. water
3. equal

Addition of either to water greatly affects __. (Hence water is not a good buffer)

pH

Cells and organisms maintan a specific ___. This keeps biomolecules at optimal _____ state.

1. pH
2. ionic

pH is regulated by ______ buffers.
1.
2.
3.

biological
1. bicarbonate
2. phosphate
3. protein

_____, ______ and _____ are involved in maintenance of acid-base balance

1. lungs
2. kindeys
3. erythrocytes (red blood cells)

Homeostatic range for blood pH is ____-____

7.35-7.45

An increase or decrease by ______ unit can be fatal

one tenth (1/10)

pH dropping below 7.35 is termed _____

acidosis

pH above 7.45 is termed

alkalosis

Three homeostatic regulators of ___. They work sequentially

H+

The first to respond is the _____ _____ _____. It takes ___. It temporarily "ties up" excess ____ and ____.

1. Chemical Buffer System
2. <1 sec
3. acids and bases

CHEM buffer systems - 3 main systems:

1. carbonic acid - bicarbonate
2. phosphate (hydrogen phosphate - dihydrogen phosphate)
3. protein (hemoglobin, amino acid, plasma protein)

Respiratory mechanism is ___ to respond. It takes __ ___. Removes ____ and therefore ____.

1. second
2. 1-3 minutes
3. CO2 and therefore H2CO3

Renal Mechanism is ___ to respond but is most _____. It takes ____ to ____. Kidneys remove ____ ___.

1. 3rd
2. potent
3. hours to days
4. metabolic acids