chapter 11 Flashcards
1
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homologous series
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a family of compounds with similar chemical properties whose successive members differ by the addition of CH2
2
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aliphatic
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carbon atoms joined in unbranched or branched chains
3
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alicyclic
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carbon atoms joined in a ring
4
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aromatic
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some of all carbon atoms in a benzene ring
5
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structural isomers
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compounds w/ same molecular formula but diff structural formula
6
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homolytic fission
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covalent bond is broken, each of the bonded atoms takes one of the shared pair of electrons
forms radicals
7
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heterolytic fission
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covalent bond is broken, one of the bonded atoms takes both the electrons from the bond
forms a negative and a positive ion
