Lecture 1 organics

Question 1

What is organic chemistry?

Answer 1

The study of molecules containing carbon

Question 2

What sort of molecules contain carbon?

Answer 2

Plastics, drugs, carbohydrates, DNA, wood, proteins ect

Question 3

True or False, most compounds known are organic compounds

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Why are organic compounds important to us?

Answer 4

Because we constantly consume carbon and react it with oxygen to survive.

Question 5

What are natural products?

Answer 5

A natural product is a chemical compound or substance produced by a living organism—that is, found in nature

Question 6

True or False? Plants consume both CO2 and O2

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What is the name of this process: 6CO2 + 6H20 > C2H12O6 (glucose) + 6O2

Answer 7

Photosynthesis

Question 8

What is the name of this process: C2H12O6 + 6O2 > ‘E’ +6CO2 + 6H2O

Answer 8

Respiration

Question 9

What is respiration?

Answer 9

An intercellular process that produces energy

Question 10

Why are there so many different molecules with carbon atoms?

Answer 10

Because carbon has structural diversity and it can bond to 4 other atoms

Question 11

Row 17 on the periodic table always exist as what?

Answer 11

Molecules

Question 12

What are molecules?

Answer 12

A group of atoms bonded together,

Question 13

A molecule with the suffix -ate with an ion produces what?

Answer 13

A salt

Question 14

What did William henry perkin acheive?

Answer 14

The synthesis of mauveine

Question 15

What are isomers?

Answer 15

Structures with the same formula but different ways of being put together.

Question 16

What i the strongest form of carbon?

Answer 16

A diamond

Question 17

What is oxidation?

Answer 17

The process or result of oxidizing or being oxidized. aka losing electrons

Question 18

What is graphite?

Answer 18

The most stable form of carbon under standard conditions. Under high pressures and temperatures it converts to diamond.

Question 19

True or False? The oxidation of carbon is slow therefore needs high temp to start

Answer 19

True

Question 20

how do carbon atoms tend to bond together?

Answer 20

In covalent bonds following the VSEPR theory

Question 21

What is the VSEPR theory?

Answer 21

Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion theory. A model used in chemistry to predict the geometry of individual molecules from the number of electron pairs surrounding their central atoms.

Question 22

Determine the shape with 2BP and 0LP

Answer 22

Linear 180

Question 23

Determine the shape with 3BP and 0LP

Answer 23

Trigonal Planar 120

Question 24

Determine the shape with 2BP and 1LP

Answer 24

Bent 120

Question 25

Determine the shape with 4BP and 0LP

Answer 25

Tetrahedral 109.5

Question 26

Determine the shape with 3BP and 1LP

Answer 26

Trigonal pyramidal 107

Question 27

Determine the shape with 2BP and 2LP

Answer 27

Bent 109.5

Question 28

Determine the shape with 5BP and 0LP

Answer 28

trigonal bipyramidal

Question 29

Determine the shape with 2BP and 3LP

Answer 29

Linear

Question 30

Determine the shape with 6BP and 0LP

Answer 30

Octahedral

Question 31

Determine the shape with 5BP and 1LP

Answer 31

Square pyramidal

Question 32

Determine the shape with 4BP and 2LP

Answer 32

Square planar

Question 33

What are the simplest organic molecules?

Answer 33

Alkanes

Question 34

What is the formula for alkanes?

Answer 34

CnH(2n+2)

Question 35

True or False? The carbon atoms of alkanes all have a tetrahedral structure

Answer 35

True

Question 36

What is the suffix for alkanes?

Answer 36

-ane

Question 37

What is the structural formula?

Answer 37

Drawing the formula with all the hydrogens extending from the carbons

Question 38

What is the extended formula?

Answer 38

Drawing the carbons with the hydrogens not showing them extended for example: CH3 CH3

Question 39

What is the condensed formula?

Answer 39

Also called the emperical formula it is noting the amount of the individual atoms in the molecule: C2H6

Question 40

What is the line bond drawring?

Answer 40

Drawing lines were the bends and ends are carbons

Question 41

What is the name for a 1 carbon length chain?

Answer 41

Methane

Question 42

What is the name for a 2 carbon length chain?

Answer 42

Ethane

Question 43

What is the name for a 3 carbon length chain?

Answer 43

Propane

Question 44

What is the name for a 4 carbon length chain?

Answer 44

Butane

Question 45

What is the name for a 5 carbon length chain?

Answer 45

Pentane

Question 46

What is the name for a 6 carbon length chain?

Answer 46

Hexane

Question 47

What is the name for a 7 carbon length chain?

Answer 47

Heptane

Question 48

What is the name for a 8 carbon length chain?

Answer 48

Octane

Question 49

What is the name for a 9 carbon length chain?

Answer 49

Nonane

Question 50

What is the name for a 10 carbon length chain?

Answer 50

Decane

Question 51

What is the name for a 11 carbon length chain?

Answer 51

Undecane

Question 52

What is the name for a 12 carbon length chain?

Answer 52

Dodecane

Question 53

What are alkenes?

Answer 53

When each carbon still bonds to four atoms but now two of the same are the same in a double bond

Question 54

True or False? Always # from the end that gives the smallest #

Answer 54

True

Question 55

What are alkynes?

Answer 55

When a carbon atom is bonded to the same atom three times the compound. Triple bond

Question 56

What is the shape for an alkane?

Answer 56

Tetrahedral

Question 57

What is the shape for an Alkene?

Answer 57

Trigonal Planar

Question 58

What is the shape for an Alkyne?

Answer 58

Linear

Question 59

What are hydrocarbons?

Answer 59

Compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen