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Chapter 6 Organic Chemistry Flashcards

1
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Name one saturated hydrocarbon

A

Ethane

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3
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Name the polymer of ethene

A

Polyethene

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4
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What are hydrocarbon

A

Compounds containing hydrogen and carbon

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5
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Name one unsaturated hydrocarbon

A

Ethane

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8
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What’s an Alkanes

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They are saturated hydrocarbon containing only single covalent bonds between carbon atoms

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9
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Why is it that ethene can take part in addition reaction than Ethan

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Because of double bond of alkenes allow it in addition reaction

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10
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What’s the product formed when bromine and ethene combine

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Form dibromoethene

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11
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What’s bromination

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Bromine reacts with ethene produce dibromoethene

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12
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Name some additional reaction

A

Hydrogenation
Hydration
Chlorination

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13
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What are monomers

A

Smaller molecules

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14
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Name one hydrocarbon can be coveted to a polymer

A

Ethene

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15
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What term is used to describe a reaction of glucose changed to ethanol

A

Fermentation

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16
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What’s fermentation

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It’s a process used in production of ethanol from sugar by the action of yeast or bacteria on it

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17
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What’s the purpose of yeast in the fermentation process

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Act as a catalyst

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18
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Which homologous series does ethanol belong to

A

Alkanols or alcohols

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19
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Why does ethanol become sour when exposed to the air

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Oxidation occurs which leads formation of an acid or carboxylic acid which has a sour taste

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20
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What product is produced when ethanol is dehydrated

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It produces ethene

21
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What’s dehydration

A

The removal of water from a compound

22
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Ethene plus steam gives

A

Ethanol

23
Q

What process used to separate the fraction of crude oil

A

Fraction distillation

24
Q

What major elements are found in crude oil

A

Hydrogen

Carbon

25
Q

What does non renewable energy source mean

A

Source is one that is limited supply and can not be replaced once used

26
Q

Why is the sun better source of energy than crude oil

A

It is inexhaustible

Solar energy can be clean process while crude oil causes pollution

27
Q

What reaction occurs in petroleum industry

A

Catalytic cracking

28
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What are suitable condition for catalytic cracking to occur

A

Presence of a catalyst

High temperature around 500 *c

29
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What’s cracking

A

The process of were large hydrocarbon are broken in molecules break into smaller molecules

30
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What’s an isomer

A

It is a compound with the same molecular formula but different molecular structure

31
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What macromolecule is formed when butene is polymerized

A

Polybutene

32
Q

What is the reaction when ethanol produces ethanoic acid

A

Esterification

33
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What’s the reaction when ethanol produces ethylethanoate

A

Is oxidation

34
Q

What reagent brings a change when produce ethylethanoate

A

Ethanoic acid

35
Q

What are used of esters

A

Making perfume

36
Q

What product given out in cracking

A

An Alkanes with a shorter chain than before

A short chain of alkene molecule

37
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What are esters

A

They are organic compounds formed by acids and alcohol

38
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Name some examples of esters

A

Vegetable oil

Animal fats

39
Q

What type of reaction is nylon formed from diaminohexane or hexanedioyl chloride

A

Condensation polymerization

40
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Apart from nylon name another compound formed by diaminohexane and hexanedioyl chloride

A

Hydrogen chloride

41
Q

Name a macromolecule and type of linkage which is similar to that of nylon

A

Protein

Amino linkage

42
Q

What’s the use of nylon

A 
As a synthetic fibre 
In clothing
Carpet 
Rubber reinforcement 
Computer ribbons 
Sewing thread
43
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What’s polymerization

A

This is a chemical reaction which a macromolecule known as a polymer is formed by the condensation of many identical monomers

45
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What does the team unsaturated hydrocarbon mean

A

It’s a carbon containing at least one double bond among its carbon atoms

46
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What’s the Colour of dibromoethene

A

It’s a colourless compound

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