M1 Flashcards
Is the chemistry of carbon-containing compounds.
Organic Chemistry
What are examples of carbon that are not classified as organic compounds (5)?
Carbonates, Bicarbonates, Oxides of Carbon, Carbides, Cyanides
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds of carbon that usually contain ________.
Hydrogen
Organic compounds may also contain other elements such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, or any of the _______, as well as a host of other carbonaceous derivatives.
Halogens
Organic chemistry was first defined as a branch of modern science by?
Jon Jacob Berzelius
Jon Jacob Berzelius classified chemical compounds into the two groups.
Organic and Inorganic Compounds
He believed in vitalism.
Jon Jacob Berzelius
The idea that organic compounds could only originate from living organisms through the action of some vital force.
Vitalism
He discovered that urea, an organic compound, could be made by heating ammonium cyanate (an inorganic compound).
Friedrich Wöhler
Friedrich Wöhler’s discovery also represented the discovery of _________ - the possibility of two or more different structures based on the same chemical formula.
Isomerism
He established the foundation for the structural theory in organic chemistry.
Friedrich August Kékulé
What are three (3) generally accepted sources of organic compounds?
Carbonized organic matter - Living organisms - Invention
Are organic compounds flammable or inflammable?
Flammable
Organic compounds are __________ bonded.
Covalently
Carbon always forms ____ covalent bonds.
Four (4)
Hydrogen always forms ___ covalent bond.
One (1)
Are most organic compounds soluble or insoluble in water?
Insoluble
Organic compounds with less than _ carbon atoms are soluble in water.
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