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C7- organic chemistry Flashcards

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1
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What is crude oil made from?

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Plankton buried underwater and compressed over a long time

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What is in crude oil?

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Hydrocarbons (carbon and hydrogen)

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Two types of hydrocarbons?

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  • Alkanes
  • Alkenes
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What is the bond in alkanes?

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Single covalently bonded carbon atoms surrounded by hydrogen atoms. they are saturated

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Alkanes general formula

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CnH2n+2

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List first 4 alkanes and how many carbon atoms they have

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  • Methane - 1 carbon
  • Ethane - 2 carbons
  • Propane - 3 carbons
  • Butane - 4 carbons
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What needs to happen to the hydrocarbons in crude oil before it is used?

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Separated into fractions

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How does fractional distillation work?

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  • They’re evaporated and rise up the fractionating column where they recondense at different heights
  • Longer alkanes have higher boiling points due to more energy needed to overcome the stronger intermolecular forces
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Equation for complete combustion

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fuel + oxygen —-> carbon dioxide + water

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Equation for incomplete combustion

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fuel + oxygen —-> carbon monoxide + water

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General formula for alkenes

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CnH2n

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Alkene bonds?

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Double covalent bond
They are unsaturated

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Shorter alkanes v longer alkenes

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  • Longer alkenes have higher viscosity
  • Shorter alkanes are more flammable
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What does viscosity mean?

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Thickness/gloopiness of something. eg honey has a higher viscosity than water

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What can hydrocarbons be used for?

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  • Solvents
  • Lubricants
  • Detergents
  • Polymers
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How to test for alkenes?

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Alkenes will turn bromine water from orange to colourless

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What is cracking?

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  • There is more demand for shorter alkanes than longer ones.
  • Use cracking to break longer alkanes into shorter alkane and an alkene
  • Catalytic cracking uses a zeolite catalyst at 550 degrees
  • Steam cracking uses no catalyst and a higher temperature at >800 degrees

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