Chemistry Semester 2 Flashcards
What is a hydrocarbon?
Hydrocarbons are molecules containing carbon and hydrogen.
What makes a hydrocarbon a fuel?
A hydrocarbon is a fuel, as it stores chemical energy within the covalent networks. The combustion of a hydrocarbon can be complete or incomplete.
What is complete combustion?
Complete combustion occurs when there is sufficient oxygen atoms.
What is incomplete combustion (hydrocarbons)?
Complete combustion occurs when there is not sufficient oxygen atoms to create carbon dioxide and water. Not enough oxygen moles present, carbon atoms may combine with one atom of oxygen to form carbon monoxide.
Why are hydrocarbons considered fuel?
When hydrocarbons are used as energy for other chemical reactions to occur, they are called fuels
What physical properties of hydrocarbons determined by?
The physical properties of hydrocarbons are determined by the size of the molecule and the length of the chain. As the chain increases the boiling and melting point also increase. The strength of intermolecular dispersion forces also increase.
What is a functional group?
A functional group is an atom or a group of atoms responsible for chemical reactions of a molecule.
What is an alkane?
An alkane is a general carbon-carbon single bonds. All end in ane
What is an alkene?
Include a carbon-carbon double bond.. CnH2n
All end in ene
List the nomenclature molecular names:
meth, eth, prop, but, pent, hex, hept, oct, non, dec
What is an alkyne?
An alkyne includes a carbon-carbon triple bond. Ends in yne, CnH2n-2
What does a saturated hydrocarbon mean, what does it mean if it is unsaturated?
If an organic compound is saturated it means that it contains the maximum number of hydrogen atoms around each carbon
If it has less than the maximum, then it is classified as unsaturated
Alkanes are saturated, alkynes and alkenes are unsaturated.
Addition v substitution reactions ?
What is an isotope?
Isotopes are are atoms of the same element that have a different number of protons, but a differing number of neutrons.
What is a mole?
A mole is a unit of measurement that is the amount of a pure substance containing 6.022 × 10²³ atoms/molecules of that substance.