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AOS2 - Compounds Of Carbon Flashcards

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Alkanes

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‌• HCs with only single bonds between C atoms

‌• General formula CnH2n+2

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Alkanoic acid

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‌• Systematic name for for a carboxylic acid

‌• An organic compound that has the carboxy functional group attached to an alkane chain
e.g. CH3COOH

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Alkanol

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‌• Systematic name for an alcohol

‌• An organic compound that has the hydroxy functional group attached to an alkane chain
e.g. Ethanol (CH3CH2OH)

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Alcohol

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An organic compound containing the hydroxy functional group

e.g. Ethanol (CH3CH2OH)

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Alkenes

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‌• HCs with one double bond between C atoms

‌• General formula CnH2n

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Alkyl group

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‌• A group obtained by removing a H atom from an alkane
‌• General formula CnH2n+1
e.g. Methyl (CH3)

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Alkyne

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‌• HC with one triple bond between C atoms

‌• General formula CnH2n-2

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Amine

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An organic molecule containing the Amino (NH2) functional group.

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Amino acid

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A molecule that contains both an amino group and a carboxy group.

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Arenes

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Aromatic hydrocarbons (most commonly based on benzene rings)
e.g. Benzene
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Carboxylic acids

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An organic molecule containing the carboxy functional group

e.g. Ethanoic acid (CH3COOH)

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Chloroalkanes

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A molecule derived from an alkane, containing chloro (Cl2) functional group.

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Cyclic molecules

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A ring-shaped molecule

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Functional group

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Atoms/groups of atoms in an organic molecule that determine the molecule’s properties and reactions.

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Homologous series

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Organic compounds with the same functional groups in which each member of the groups differs from the previous member by CH2.

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Polar bond

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A covalent bond in which the electrons are not shared equally b/w the two.

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Saturated hydrocarbons

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Alkanes

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Semi-structural formula

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A formula that summarises the structural formula without giving the arrangement of atoms in space.

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Structural formula

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A formula that represents the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in a molecule.

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Structural isomer

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Molecules that have the same molecular formula but different structural formula.

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Systemic name

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The name of a molecule as determined by:
‌• A set of rules involving the number of carbon atoms
‌• The location and type of functional groups present.

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Unsaturated hydrocarbons

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‌• Alkenes

‌• Alkynes

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