Drawing and naming Flashcards
What does a functional group determine?
The way the molecule works both chemically and biologically
What is a hydrocarbon framework?
Made up of chains and rings of carbon atoms and it acts as a support for the functional groups
How do you draw a molecules?
Skeletal zig zags
Dont show the hydrogens
Dont wrote C to show carbons
What is the name of a carbon chain with 8 carbons?
Octyl
What is the name of a carbon chain with 9 carbons?
Nonyl
What is the name of a carbon chain with 10 carbons?
Decyl
What is a primary alcohol ?
One attached carbon
What is a secondary alcohol?
Two attached carbons
What is a tertiary alcohol?
Three attached carbons
What is a quaternary alcohol?
Four attached carbons
What are alkanes?
hydrocarbon with no functional groups
What are alkenes?
hydrocarbons with C=C bonds
What do alkynes contain?
Contain triple carbon bonds
What functional group do alcohols contain?
OH
What functional group do ethers have?
R-O-R
What functional group do amines have?
R-NH2
What functional groups do nitro compounds have?
-NO2
What functional group do alkyl halides?
R-F
R-Cl
R-Br
R-I
What functional group does aldehydes contain?
R-CHO
What functional group do ketones contain?
R-CO-R
What functional group do carboxylic acids contain?
C-OOH
What functional groups do esters contain?
RCOOR
What functional groups do amides contain?
R-CONH2
What functional group do cyanides and nitriles contain?
R-CN
Triple bond C-N
What functional group do acyl chlorides contain?
R-COCl
What is an acetal?
Two single bonded oxygen atoms attached to the same carbon
