Intro To Organic Chem Flashcards
What does the empirical formula give?
The simplest whole number ratio of different atoms in a formula
What does the molecular formula give?
The numbers and types of atoms used to make a molecule
What does the general formula show
The type and ratio of atoms used to make compounds of a homologous series
What does the structural formula show
The numbers and types of atoms bonded together in a molecule and their arrangement
What does the displayed formula show?
All of the atoms used to make a molecule and the bonds between them
What does a skeletal formula show
The carbon skeleton and functional groups only
What is a homologous series
A family of carbon compounds with the same functional group and general formula
What are alkenes
Saturated hydrocarbons with single bonds between the carbon atoms
CnH2n+2
What are alkenes
Unsaturated hydrocarbons with a double bond between 2 of the carbon atoms
CnH2n
COOH
Carboxylic acid
CH3COCH3
Propanone
- ketone
CHO
Aldehydes
-al
What does a mechanism show
How organic reactions happen
How are unpaired electrons in free radical mechanism shown
A dot
What a curly arrows used to show
The movement of electrons
