Question

Hydrocarbons are combined with oxygen in a series of enzymatic steps to product water, carbon dioxide, and energy, which is stored in the form of what?

Answer 1

reactive molecules

The process of cellular respiration can be thought of as a highly controlled version of a combustion reaction. We do not literally burn hydrocarbons in our body, but the overall reactants and products are the same. Hydrocarbons, such as sucrose  C 12 H 22 O 11  , are combined with oxygen in a series of enzymatic steps to product water, carbon dioxide, and energy, which is stored in the form of reactive molecules. The unbalanced chemical equation for this overall process is shown below:.