Hey Everyone!
So I have always taken for fact and not tried to understand in depth that bond breakage is endergonic and bond formation is exergonic. That has gotten me pretty far in life, but now that I'm studying for the MCAT, I'd like to understand that better.
This has always confused me in regards to molecules like ATP, as well as processes like Catabolism and Anabolism. Then, watching a Kaplan video, they said that ATP formation (ADP + Pi > ATP) is an endergonic reaction (HUH????)....
Bond Formation/Breakage, ATP, and ∆G
So I have always taken for fact and not tried to understand in depth that bond breakage is endergonic and bond formation is exergonic. That has gotten me pretty far in life, but now that I'm studying for the MCAT, I'd like to understand that better.
This has always confused me in regards to molecules like ATP, as well as processes like Catabolism and Anabolism. Then, watching a Kaplan video, they said that ATP formation (ADP + Pi > ATP) is an endergonic reaction (HUH????)....
Bond Formation/Breakage, ATP, and ∆G