Midterms 8 Flashcards
➔ alkanes, alkenes, alkynes including the cyclic
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons
➔ unsaturated hydrocarbons whose structure
contains benzene ring
Aromatic Hydrocarbons
defined as one that contains an aromatic loop
(sextet) of electrons
Benzene
simplest and most important aromatic HC
which was discovered by
Michael Faraday
➔ derived from the greek word “________” (“I
bear light”) : commemoration of benzene
discovery of Faraday from illuminating gas
Phenyl Group
Phenol
Chlorobenzene
benzene Cl
Nitrobenzene
benzene NO2
Ethylbenzene
benzene CH2 CH3
Bromobenzene
benzene Br
Methylbenzene aka_______
(Toluene)
benzene CH3
Hydroxybenzene aka ________
(Phenol)
benzene OH
Aminobenzene aka _______
(Aniline)
benzene NH2
Carboxybenzene aka _______
(Benzoic Acid)
C— OH
II
O
1,2
ortho or o
~ meta or m
1,3
1,4 ~
para or p
In Three or more Groups (Benzene), We don’t use ortho, meta, para in this
classification. We use
numbers