Few Wee Extras Flashcards
1
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Reflux
A
The repeated boiling and condensing of a reaction mixture
2
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Hydrolysis
A
Reaction of an ion or molecule with water resulting in the species splitting
3
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Coupling reaction
A
This is a reaction in which two benzene rings are linked together through an azo (-N=N-) group
4
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Base
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Lone pair donor
5
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Acid
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Lone pair acceptor
6
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Structural isomer
A
2/+ compound have the same molecular formula but different structural formulae.
7
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Isomerism
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2/+ compound have the same molecular formula but different arrangement of their atoms.
8
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Optical isomers
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These are two compounds which are mirror images of one another, the two being nonsuper imposable. These molecule rotate the plane of plane polarised light by the same number of degrees in opposite directions.
