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1
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What is the general formula for an alkane?

A

CnH2n+2

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What is the general formula for an alkene?

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CnH2n

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3
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What is the general formula for an alcohol?

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CnH2n+1OH

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4
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What is meant by the term structural isomer?

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Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulae.

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What is meant by the term stereoisomers?

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Organic compounds with the same molecular and structural formulae but having a different arrangement of atoms in space.

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What is meant by the term homolytic fission?

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When a covalent bond breaks and each bonding atom receives one electron from the bonded pair, forming two radicals.

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What is meant by the term heterolytic fission?

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When a covalent bond breaks and one bonding atom receives both electrons from the bonding pair.

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What is meant by the term radical?

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A highly reactive species with one or more unpaired electrons.

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9
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What is meant by the term curly arrow?

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Model the flow of electron pairs during reaction mechanisms.

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What is meant by the term electrophile?

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An electron-pair acceptor.

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What is meant by the term nucleophile?

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An electron-pair donor.

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12
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What is the shape and bond angle around a C in an alkane?

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Tetrahedral, 109.5

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13
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Which factors affect boiling points of alkanes? How?

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  • carbon chain length, increases as length increases, more London forces
  • branching, decreases as branching increases, fewer London forces
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14
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Why do alkanes have a low reactivity?

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High bond enthalpies, low polarity

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What are the potential dangers of CO?

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  • toxic gas, odourless and colourless
  • diffuses into blood and forms coordinate bonds to Fe in haemoglobin instead of oxygen
  • organs become oxygen deprived
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16
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What are the conditions required for the halogenation of an alkane?

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UV light

17
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What are the three stages of free radical substitution?

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Initiation, propagation and termination

18
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What are the limitations of radical substitution?

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  • can further substitute
  • difficult to control
  • mixture of products forms
19
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What is the shape and bond angle around a C in an alkene functional group?

A

Trigonal planar, 120

20
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How does the pi-bond form?

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Sideways overlap of adjacent p-orbitals above and below the bonding C atoms.

21
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What is required for a molecule to have stereoisomerism?

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  • restricted rotation around the C=C

- 2 different groups attached to each C in the C=C

22
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Why are alkenes more reactive than alkanes?

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  • lower bond enthalpy of the pi-bond

- C=C has high electron density to attract electrophiles

23
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What are the conditions for the hydrogenation of an alkene?

A

150 degrees

Ni catalyst

24
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What are the conditions for the hydration of an alkene?

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  • phosphoric acid

- 300 degrees, 65 atm.

25
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According to Markownikoff’s rule, why will a major and minor product form from the addition reaction to an unsymmetrical alkene? Which is major and which is minor?

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  • relative stabilities of carbocations
  • major = most stable carbocation = most substituted
  • minor = least stable carbocation = least substituted
26
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What are the disadvantages of polymer waste?

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  • fill landfills up
  • release toxic gases when burnt
  • produced from non-renewable sources
27
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What is being done to use waste from polymers?

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  • combustion for electrical generation
  • re-using
  • sorting and recycling
  • organic feedstock
28
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What are the alternatives to polymers? Why are they good?

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  • biodegradable - broken down in nature with only some small polymer pieces remaining
  • bio plastics - completely break down, sustainable sources
  • photodegradable - broken down by light but need sufficient exposure
29
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What is meant by the term homologous series?

A

A series of organic compounds that have the same functional group with each successive members differing by a CH2.

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