Chapter 16 Flashcards
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Formaldehyde
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1 carbon
> HCHO
>gas @ room temp. (Formalin)
> used as a biological preservative( embalming)
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Ketone
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Can hydrogen bond with water but not it’s self!
>120
>highly polar
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Acetaldehyde
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2 carbons
> sweet smelling narcotic, flammable, present in ripe fruits
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Hemiacetal
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Aldehyde/ketone & alcohol
>unstable
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Aldehyde + alcohol —->
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Hemiacetal
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Cyclic Hemiacetal is….
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Stable
> form when alcohol is apart of the same molecule as the aldehydes or ketone
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Acetal is when…
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2 ethers
>Unstable
7
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hydrolysis
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Water cutting
8
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Benedict’s test
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Used to test for aldehydes in sugars
Pentanal will give a positive test
9
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Pseudophedrine hydrochloride function
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Acid used to give drugs a positive charge
10
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Acetal products if hydrolysis
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Acetone, methanol & ethanol
