INTRO TO ORGCHEM : Structure And Bonding Flashcards
Study of carbon and carbon-related compounds.
Organic Chemistry
The name “organic chemistry” comes from the word?
Organism
(Because most of the organic compounds were isolated or obtained from organisms or their remains)
In year ____ , ______, a German Chemist, disproved the “Vitalism theory which states that all organic compounds come from living things. He was able to isolate ______ from an inorganic compound, __________.
• 1828
• Friedrich Wohler
• urea
• ammonium cyanate
What are the organic compounds found in living things?
- Sugars
- Lipids
- Proteins
- Nucleic Acids
A polymer made up of units called nucleotides.
DNA
What are the three different components that made up nucleotides?
- Sugar group
- Phosphate group
- Base
What are the 4 different bases?
- Adenine
- Thymine
- Guanine
- Cytosine
What holds DNA strands together?
Hydrogen bonds (between bases on adjacent strands)
______ compounds usually do not dissolve in water.
Organic
______ compounds usually dissolve in water.
Inorganic
_____ compounds generally dissolve in organic solvents like ether, alcohol, benzene, and choloroform.
Organic
_______ compounds generally do not dissolve in organic solvents.
Inorganic
_______ compounds have usually low melting points and boiling points; and they usually decompose on heating.
Organic
_______ compounds usually have high melting points and boiling points. They usually do not decompose on heating.
Inorganic
_______ compounds are inflammable; they catch fire easily.
Organic
_______ compounds are usually non inflammable; they do not burn easily.
Inorganic
_______ compounds exist as covalent molecules, so they are non-electrolytes.
Organic
Most of the _______ compounds are ionic, so they are electrolytes.
Inorganic
Carbon is able to form how many covalent bonds?
4 covalent bonds
What atoms have the ability to bond to each other to form long chains or rings?
Carbon atoms
What atoms link together to form chains of varying lengths, branched chains and rings of different sizes?
Carbon atoms
Smallest particle of an element
Atoms
Neutral subatomic particle
Neutron
Positively charged subatomic particle (+1 charge)
Proton
Negatively charged subatomic particle (-1 charge)
Electron
Center of an atom; contains protons and neutrons
Nucleus
Consists of a nucleus surrounded by electrons that are equal in number to the protons of the nucleus.
Atom
Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons and thus different mass number.
Isotopes
Carbon-12 (stable isotope)
98.9%
6 protons & 6 neutrons
Carbon-13 (stable isotope)
1.1%
6 protons & 7 neutrons