CHAPTER TWELVE: ORG COMP W/OXYGEN AND SULFUR Flashcards
What is an ALCOHOL?
a class of organic compound that contains an oxygen atom.
a hydroxyl group (-OH) replaces a hydrogen atom in a hydrocarbon.
What is a PHENOL?
a class of organic compound that contains an oxygen atom.
a hydroxyl group (-OH) replaces a hydrogen atom attached to a benzene ring.
What is a THIOL?
contains a sulfur atom, which makes a thiol similar to an alcohol except that -OH is replaced by -SH.
What is an ETHER?
an oxygen atom is attached to 2 carbon atoms by single bonds.
Molecules of ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS, THIOLS AND ETHERS have _____ shapes
bent shapes around the oxygen or sulfur atom, similar to water.
In the IUPAC system, an alcohol is named by replacing the “e” of the corresponding alkane name with _____.
“ol”
The common name of a simple alcohol uses the name of the alkyl group followed by __________.
alcohol
Alcohols with 1 or 2 carbon atoms ________ (do/do not) require a number for the hydroxyl group.
do not
When an alcohol consists of a carbon chain with 3 or more carbon atoms, the chain is numbered to give the position of the ____ and any ______ of the carbon chain.
When an alcohol contains 2 -OH groups, it is named as a __________.
-OH; substituents
Diol
In the IUPAC system, THIOLS are named by adding _________ to the longest carbon chain connected to the -SH group.
thiol
What is an important property of THIOLS?
Their strong, sometimes disagreeable, odor .
In the IUPAC system, how are ETHERS named?
The name of alkyl or aromatic group attached to the oxygen atom is written in alphabetical order, followed by the word “ether”. In this text, use only the common names of ethers.
ALCOHOLS are classified by the number of ______ groups attached to the carbon atom bonded to the hydroxyl (-OH) group.
What is a:
- primary (1 w/degree sign) alcohol?
- secondary (2 degree) alcohol?
- tertiary (3 degree) alcohol?
alkyl group
- primary- has one alkyl group attached
- secondary- two groups
- tertiary- three groups
Are alcohols and ethers soluble in water? Why or why not?
Yes
The polar -OH group in an alcohol can form hydrogen bonds with the H and O atoms of water.
The electronegative O atom in ethers can also form hydrogen bonds with water.
Alcohols with 1-3 carbon atoms are MISCIBLE which means _______________.
The solubility provided by the -OH group _______ as the number of carbon atoms increases.
Alcohols with ____ or more carbon atoms are insoluble.
any amount of the alcohol is completely soluble in water.
Decreases
Five
Ethers with up to __ carbon atoms are slightly soluble in water.
4