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What is a radical?

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A species with an unpaired electron.

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What is homolytic fission?

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The breaking of a covalent bond, with one of the bonded electrons going to each atom, forming two radicals.

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What is heterolytic fission?

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The breaking of a covalent bond with both of the bonded electrons going to one of the atoms.

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What is a nucleophile?

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An atom (or group of atoms) that is attracted to an electron-deficient centre or atom, where it donates a pair of electrons to form a new covalent bond.

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What is an electrophile?

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An atom (or group of atoms) that is attracted to an electron-rich centre or atom, where it accepts a pair of electrons to form a new covalent bond.

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What is an addition reaction?

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A reaction in which a reactant is added to an unsaturated molecule to make a saturated molecule.
2 reactants → 1 product

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What is a substitution reaction?

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A reaction in which an atom (or group of atoms) is replaced with a different atom or group of atoms.

2 reactants → 2 products

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What is an elimination reaction?

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Refers to the removal of a molecule from a saturated molecule to make an unsaturated molecule.
1 reactant → 2 products

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What is radical substitution?

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A type of substitution reaction in which a radical replaces a different atom or group of atoms.

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What are the conditions of the reaction between an alkane and a halogen?

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Ultraviolet light or at a temperature of about 300⁰C

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What is initiation?

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The first step in a radical substitution in which the free radicals are generated by ultraviolet radiation.

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What is propagation?

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The two repeated steps in radical substitution that build up the products in a chain reaction.

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What is termination?

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The step at the end of a radical substitution when two radicals combine to form a molecule.
All radicals are removed.

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How is the double bond formed?

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A σ - bond is formed directly between two carbon atoms by the overlap of orbitals. Each carbon contributes one electron.
A π - bond is formed above and below the plane of the carbon atoms by sideways overlap of p-orbitals. Each carbon contributes one electron.

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What is a pi-bond?

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The reactive part of a double bond formed above and below the plane of the bonded atoms by sideways overlap of p - orbitals.

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What is the shape and bond angle of an alkene?

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Trigonal planar shape.

120⁰

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Which bond breaks when an alkene reacts?

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The pi bond breaks.

The sigma bond remains intact.

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What is electrophilic addition?

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A type of addition reaction where an electrophile is attracted to an electron-rich centre or atom, where it accepts a pair of electrons to form a new covalent bond.

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What is a carbocation?

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An organic ion in which a carbon atom has a positive charge.

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What is a structural isomer?

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Molecules with the same molecular formula but with different structural arrangements of atoms.

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What are stereoisomers?

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Compounds with the same structural formula, but with a different arrangement of the atoms in space.

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What is E/Z isomerism?

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A type of stereo isomerism in which different groups attached to each carbon of a C-C double bond may be arranged differently in space because of the restricted rotation of the double bond.

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What is cis/trans isomerism?

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A special type of E/Z isomerism in which there is a non-hydrogen group and hydrogen on each C of the C-C double bond.

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What is fractional distillation?

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The separation of the components in a liquid mixture into fractions which differ in boiling point by mean ps of distillation.

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What is cracking?

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Refers to the breaking down of long-chained hydrocarbons to form a mixture of shorter chained alkanes and alkenes.

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What is a catalyst?

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A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being used up in the process.

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What is a mechanism?

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A sequence of steps showing the path taken by electrons in a reaction.

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What is a polymer?

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A long molecular chain built up from monomer units.

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What is a monomer?

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A small molecule that combines with many other monomers to form a polymer.

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What is addition polymerisation?

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The process in which unsaturated alkene molecules (monomers) react to form a polymer.

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What is an addition polymer?

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A very long molecular chain, formed by repeated addition reactions of many unsaturated alkene molecules.

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What is a repeat unit?

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A specific arrangement of atoms that occurs in the structure over and over again.

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What is biodegradable material?

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A material that is broken down naturally in the environment by living organisms.

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