Chapter 11

Question 1

What is a hydrocarbon?

Answer 1

A compound containing carbon and hydrogen.

Question 2

What is a saturated compound?

Answer 2

It has single bonds only.

Question 3

What is an unsaturated compound?

Answer 3

It has carbon-carbon multiple bonds.

Question 4

What is a functional group?

Answer 4

A part of a molecule that is largely responsible for its chemical properties.

Question 5

Alkene

Answer 5

C=C

Question 6

Alcohol

Answer 6

-OH

Question 7

Haloalkane

Answer 7

-X where X is a halogen.

Question 8

Aldehyde

Answer 8

-CHO

Question 9

Ketone

Answer 9

-C(CO)C-

Question 10

Carboxylic Acid

Answer 10

-COOH

Question 11

Ester

Answer 11

-COOC

Question 12

Acyl Chloride

Answer 12

-COCl

Question 13

Amine

Answer 13

-NH2

Question 14

Nitrile

Answer 14

-CN

Question 15

Molecular formula

Answer 15

The number of each type of atom.

Question 16

Empirical formula

Answer 16

The simplest whole number ratio of atoms.

Question 17

General formula

Answer 17

Used to show the number of each for compounds in the homologous series.

Question 18

Displayed formula

Answer 18

Everything is drawn out

Question 19

Skeletal formula

Answer 19

Everything shown by lines

Question 20

Structural isomers

Answer 20

Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulae

Question 21

Homolytic fission

Answer 21

When a covalent bond breaks and each atom takes one of the shared pair of electrons.

Question 22

Heterolytic fission

Answer 22

When a covalent bond breaks and one of the bonded atoms takes both of the shared pair of electrons.

Question 23

A radical

Answer 23

An atom with an unpaired electron

Question 24

Addition reaction

Answer 24

Two reactants join together to form one.

Question 25

Substitution reaction

Answer 25

when an atom or group of atoms are replaced by another atom or group of atoms.

Question 26

Elimination reaction

Answer 26

Involves the removal of a small molecule from a larger one.