4.2 definitions Flashcards
What is primary alcohol?
has the functional group attached to a carbon atom with no more than one alkyl group.
What is a secondary alcohol
has the functional group attached to a carbon atom with two alkyl groups.
What is a tertiary alcohol?
has the functional group attached to a carbon atom with three alkyl groups.
Reflux
is the constant boiling and condensing of a reaction mixture. This ensures that the reaction goes to completion as fully as possible without loosing reactants or products as vapour to the air.
Dehydration
is a chemical reaction in which water molecules are eliminated from an organic compound.
Elimination
is an organic reaction in which one reactant forms two products. Usually a small molecule like water is released..
A primary haloalkane
has the halogen atom on the end of a chain.
Nucleophiles
are electron-pair donors.
Nucleophilic substitution
is a chemical reaction in which an atom or group of atoms is exchanged for a nucleophile.
Hydrolysis
is a chemical reaction in which water is a reactant. There are alkali hydrolysis reactions where -OH- is the reacting species.
The ozone layer
is an area of high concentration of ozone O3, in the stratosphere.
A radical
is a highly unreactive species with one or more unpaired electron
Distillation
is a technique used to separate miscible liquids or solutions.
Reflux
is na technique used to stop reaction mixtures boiing away into the air.
A separating funnel
is a piece of equipment used to separate immiscible liquids.
