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11. Basic Concepts Of Organic Flashcards

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Hydrocarbon

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Compound containting hydrogen and carbon only

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Saturated hydrocarbon

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Hydro carbon containing single bonds only

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Unsaturated hydrocarbon

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Hydrocarbon Containing a carbon-carbon double/triple bond

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Homologous series

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Series Compunds with similar chem properties

Each member Differs by an addition of a CH2 group

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Functional group

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Section responsible for most chemical properties

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Aliphatic hydrocarbons

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The carbons atoms are joint in a straight or branched chain

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Alicyclic hydrocarbons

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Carbon atoms joined in a ring structure

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Aromatic hydrocarbons

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Hydrocarbon involving a benzene ring

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Alkynes

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Contains at least one triple c-c bond

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Alkyl group

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Side chains attached to the main chain

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Whats the prefix for alicyclic compounds

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Cyclo-

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What is the suffix and functional group of an Alkene

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C=C ,-ene

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What is the suffix and functional group of an Alcohol

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-OH , -ol

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What is the functional group of a Haloalkane

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-Cl , -Br, -I ,

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What is the suffix and functional group of an Aldehyde

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-CHO , -al

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What is the suffix and functional group of a Ketone

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-C(CO)c- , -one

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What is the suffix and functional group of a Carboxylic Acid

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-COOH , -oic acid

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What is the suffix and functional group of an Ester

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-COOC- ,
Alcohol section goes to -yl
Carboxylic acid section goes to -oate

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What is the suffix and functional group of an Acyl chloride

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-COCl , -oyl chloride

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What is the suffix and functional group of a primary amine

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-NH2, -amine

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What is the suffix and functional group of a Nitrile

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-CN, -nitrile

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Molecular formula

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Actual Number and type of atoms of each element in a molecule

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Empirical formula

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Simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element in a compound

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General formula

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Simplest algebraic formula for memebers of a homologousi series

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Displayed formula

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Shows arrangement of atoms AND bonds in a molecule

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Structural formula

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Shows arrangement of atoms in a molecule

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Isomerism

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Different compounds with same molecular formula

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Structual isomerism

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Same molecular formula with different structural formula

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Homolytic fission

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When Covalent bond breaks each bonded atom takes one of the shared pair of electrons forming radicals

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Heterolytic fission

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When Covalent bond breaks one of the bonded atoms takes both electrons forming oppositely charged ions

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Curly arrow shows

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Movements of a pair of electrons

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Addition reaction

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2 reactants form one product

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Substitution reaction

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Atoms or groups replaced by different atoms or groups

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Elimination reaction

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Removal of a small molecule from a larger one

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