Crude Oil And Organic Chemistry

Question 1

What is a hydrocarbon ?

Answer 1

Compound made of carbon and hydrogen ONLY

Question 2

What are the 5 types of formulas ?

Answer 2

Empirical
Molecular
General
Displayed
Structural

Question 3

What is displayed formula?

Answer 3

All the atoms and all the bonds in a molecule are drawn out

Question 4

What is shortened structural formula?

Answer 4

Lists the carbon atoms, and any atoms attached to them, in the order in which they are joined together in the molecule

Question 5

What is molecular formula?

Answer 5

States the total number of each type of atom and the molecule

Question 6

What is Empirical formula?

Answer 6

Gives the simplest whole number ration of the different types of atom in the molecule

Question 7

What is a homologous series?

Answer 7

A family of compounds which have similar chemical properties (the way a molecule react) because they have the same functional group
Each member differed by CH2

Question 8

What is a structural isomers?

Answer 8

Molecules with the same molecular formula but different structural formulae