¥ 1. Chemistry basics Flashcards

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What is an aliphatic compound?

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A carbon backbone with one or more functional groups attached.

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How do we number carbons in an aliphatic compound?

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The longest chain starting from the carbon attached to the functional group that defines the molecule type.

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List the names of the alkanes in order?

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Alkanes: carbon to carbon single
Meth, eth, prop, but, pent, hex, hep, oct, non, dec

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What are aromatic compounds?

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6 carbon benzene ring with alternating single and double bonds.

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What is a benzene ring with an OH called?

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Phenol

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What is valency?

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The number of bonds an atom has in its uncharged state

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What is a structure activity relationship?

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When adding different function groups to a base molecule changes its characteristics e.g. more lipid soluble or convulsant effect

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What are the two types of volatile agents?

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Halogenated Ethers or halogenated hydrocarbons (halothane and chloroform)

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What increases stability in volatile agents?

Potency?

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Adding fluoride and having the ether group

Adding chloride or bromide

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10
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What are the three components of local anaesthetics?

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All have an aromatic group at one end and an amine group at the other

The intermediate chains are either esters or amides

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11
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How are acids and bases defined?

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Acid = proton donor
Base = proton acceptor

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What is pH dependent ring closure?

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When part of a molecule incorporates into a ring at a certain pH, closing the ring and therefore changing the molecules properties e.g. making it non-ionised and therefore lipid soluble.

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13
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What is tautomerization?

Example?

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a net process by which protons are transferred from one site in a molecule to another by a series of steps in which the solvent is an intermediary.

Thiopental in alkali = ionised and water soluble due as an -enol by substituting a proton for an Na

At physiological pH: dissociates the sodium to bind to the proton, forming the unionised molecule as a ketone

Called keto-enol tautomerization

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14
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What is physiological pH?

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7.4

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15
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What are the intra- and intermolecular bonds?

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Intra = covalent, ionic, intermediate and Co-ordinate

Inter = VDW’s, dipole-dipole and hydrogen

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16
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What are ionic bonds?

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Electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions produced by electron transfer between atoms. The more electronegative will steal an electron from the lesser one and become negatively charged.

2 ions:
Cation = donor (usually metal)
Anion = acceptor (usually non-metal)

Characteristics:
Strong = high mp and bp
Water soluble as ionic
Conduct electricity

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What are covalent bonds?

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Atoms that are similarly electronegative will share electrons (1 each)
The positively charged nuclei of each are attracted to the negative shared electron on the centre

Characteristics:
Usually non metallic
Often liquids or gasses with low BP and MP’s

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What is coordinate bonding?

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A covalent bond where 1 atom supplies both of their electrons instead of one each.
Atoms usually have a lone pair of electrons not involved in a bond.

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What are intermediate bonds?

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Polar covalent bond.

Between a covalent and ionic bond, where the electrons are shared, but one nuclei is more electronegative than the other and so will pull more electrons towards its side, making a slight, but not full charge. The degree of polarity depends on the electronegativity of the atom

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How do we find out the electronegativity on the periodic table?

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The closer the atom is to fluoride in the columns and periods (horizontal)

E.g. ore electronegative travelling from left to right and from bottom to top

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What are VDW’s bonds?

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The movement of an electron round an atom at high speeds causing temporary dipoles that can attract

22
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What are dipole dipole interactions?

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Permanent dipoles that exist in polar molecules e.g. intermediate bonds, that attract to each other

23
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What is hydrogen bonding?

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Hydrogen binding strongly to either O, Fl, or N (strongly electronegative).

Increases the polarity and so is the strongest type of dipole dipole interaction.

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What are the strengths of the intra and intermolecular bonds, strongest to weakest?

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Ionic
Covalent
Hydrogen
Dipole
VDW’s

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What kind of an attraction must a drug have in order to bind to a receptor? What kind of bonds does this require?
Form rapidly Be strong enough to last long enough for the drug to exert its effect Must exert its attraction from a distance Ionic bonds can do 1 and 3, but needs extra bonds e.g. VDW’s or H to do number 2
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What are the two ways covalent bonds can be broken?
Homolytic fission and heterolytic fission
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What is homolytic fission?
Bonds break due to UV light or high temperatures Each atom takes 1 electron and therefore has an unpaired electron and so are free radicals
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What is heterolytic fission?
The more electronegative atom takes both of the electrons, forming two oppositely charged ions. Electrophile = positively charged (lost the electrons). Will be attracted to an electron rich atom to form a new covalent bond Nucleophile = negatively charged (gained electrons). Will make a new covalent bond with a positive ion.
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C - C
Alkanes
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C = C
Alkenes
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H / - N \ H
Amines
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- OH
Alcohol
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-Cl - Br - I - F
Halides
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O II —C — OH
Carboxylic acid
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O II C / \
Ketones
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O II C / \ NH2
Amides
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— C — O — C —
Ethers
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O II R — C — O —R (Acid). (Alcohol part)
Esters