Chapter 20

Question 1

Organic

Answer 1

can be biological or chemical; fertilizers or pesticides of animal/vegetable origin (non-manufactured)

Question 2

Biology

Answer 2

anything living or has lived

Question 3

Chemistry

Answer 3

most substances containing Carbon

Question 4

Organic Chemistry (past definition)

Answer 4

originally the study of chemicals extracted from living systems

Question 5

Organic Chemistry

Answer 5

study of compounds containing Carbon

Question 6

Importance of Carbon

Answer 6

basis for all life
stable covalent bonds (single, double, triple)
forms long chain molecules (catenation)
bonds with most elements
infinite possible compounds

Question 7

Amorphous

Answer 7

No ordered structure
(all over the place)

Question 8

Graphite

Answer 8

sheets of rings which can slip over each other
(line)

Question 9

Diamond

Answer 9

Tetrahedral arrangement of atoms (hard)

Question 10

Simplest Organic Compound

Answer 10

Hydrocarbons

Question 11

Aliphatic

Answer 11

Only single bonds (unsaturated)
have double/triple bonds when saturated

Question 12

Aromatic

Answer 12

contain alternating single & double bonds

Question 13

Alcohol

Answer 13

R - OH

Question 14

Carboxylic Acid

Answer 14

R - COOH

Question 15

Amine

Answer 15

R - NH2

Question 16

Ketone

Answer 16

R (C=0) R

Question 17

Aldehyde

Answer 17

R - CHO

Question 18

Ester

Answer 18

R - O - (C=O) - R

Question 19

nitro

Answer 19

• NO2

Question 20

Hydroxy

Answer 20

• OH

Question 21

Amino

Answer 21

• NH2