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Chapter 11: Organic chemistry Flashcards

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What is a hydrocarbon?

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A hydrocarbon is a compound containing hydrogen and carbon only.

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What is a saturated hydrocarbon?

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A saturated hydrocarbon has single bonds only

They are bonded to the maximum number of hydrogen atoms

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Define unsaturated?

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An unsaturated hydrocarbon contains carbon-carbon multiple bonds

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What is a homologous series?

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A family of compounds with similar chemical properties whose successive members differ by the addition of a
-CH2 group

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What is the simplest homologous series?

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The alkanes

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Define the term functional group

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  • It is the part of the organic molecule that is largely responsible for the molecules chemical properties
  • E.G alcohol and amine groups
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What is the functional group for an alkene?

What is the functional group for an alcohol?

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  • c=c

- OH

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What is the functional group for an aldehyde?

What is the functional group of a ketone?

What is the functional group of a carboxylic acid?

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  • CHO (C double bond 0 H)
  • C(CO)c ) (C-C double bond O C)
  • COOH (C- double bond O - O-H)
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Define chemical formula

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  • Different types of formula are used in chemistry to show the atoms in a molecule
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What is the Molecular formula?

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  • The molecular formula shows the number and type of atoms of each element present in a molecule
  • It does not show how the atoms are joined together and different molecules can have the same molecular formula
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Define empirical formula

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  • The simplest whole number ratio of the atoms of each element in a compound
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What is the general formula?

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  • The simplest algebraic formula for any member of a homologous series
  • It can be used to generate the molecular formula
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Define displayed formula

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-A displayed formula shows the relative positioning of all the atoms in a molecule and the bonds between them

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What is structural formula?

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  • The structural formula uses the smallest amount of detail necessary to show the arrangement of the atoms in a molecule
  • It shows clearly which groups are bonded together
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What is skeletal formula?

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  • A skeletal formula is a simplified organic formula
    You remove:
  • Carbon and hydrogen labels from carbon chains
  • Bonds to hydrogen atoms
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What are the 3 mail classifications for hydrocarbons?

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  • Aliphatic
  • Alicyclic
  • Aromatic
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define aliphatic

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  • Carbon atoms are joined to each other in unbranched (straight) or branched chains, or non-aromatic rings
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define alicyclic

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  • Carbon atoms are joined to each other in ring (cyclic) structures, with or without branches
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define aromatic

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  • Some or all of the carbon atoms are found in a benzene ring
20
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Define the term structural isomer

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  • Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulae
21
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Give an example of structural isomers

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Butane and 2-methyl propane

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Isomers with the same functional group

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In compounds containing a functional group, the functional group can be at different positions along the carbon chain

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sometimes two molecules containing different functional groups have the same molecular formula

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Aldehyde’s and ketone’s with the same number of carbon atoms have the same molecular formulae

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What is homolytic fission?

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When a covalent bond breaks by homolytic fission, each of the bonded atoms takes one of the shared pair of electrons from the bond

  • Each atom now has a single unpaired electron
  • An atom or groups of atoms with an unpaired electron is called a radical
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What is heterolytic fission?

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When a covalent bond breaks by heterolytic fission, one of the bonded atoms takes both of the electrons from the bond

  • The atom that takes both electrons becomes a negative ion
  • The atom that does not take the electrons becomes a positive ion
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What is a reaction mechanism?

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In chemistry, a reaction mechanism is the step by step sequence of elementary reactions by which overall chemical change occurs.

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What are curly arrows used for in reaction mechanisms?

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They are used to show the movement of electron pairs when bonds are broken or made

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Types of reaction: Addition

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  • In an addition reaction, two reactants join together to form one product
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Types of reaction: Substitution

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  • In a substitution reaction, an atom or group of atoms is replaced by a different atom or group of atoms
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Types of reaction: Elimination

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

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