Organic #1 Flashcards
What is a primary carbon?
one carbon attached to one other carbon
What is a secondary carbon?
one carbon attached to two other carbons
What is a tertiary carbon?
one carbon attached to three others carbons
What is a structural/constitutional isomer?
Molecules with the same molecular formula but different orders of atoms
What are the three types of structural/constitutional isomers and what are their definitions?
Skeletal: different arrangements
Positional: different position of substitute
Functional: different functional groups
To be determined a chiral carbon, what does that carbon have to be?
Non-superimposed, C has a hybridization of sp^3 and has four different groups attached
Place the intermolecular forces in order of increasing melting, boiling points, and water solubility
London Dispersion< Dipole-dipole < H-Bonding
What is an Electrophilic Agent?
a positive species that wants electrons
What is an Nucleophilic Agent?
a negative or neutral species wanting to give a pair of electrons to a positively charged carbon near an electronegative species, like a halogen
𝛿+ are sites for…
nucleophilic attack
pi bonds and 𝛿- are sites for…
electrophilic attack
What is the order of stability in tertiary, primary, and secondary?
tertiary>secondary>primary
Alkanes have —- and —- products
major and minor
What happens during the halogenation of alkanes?
Nucleophilic substitution reaction with halogens
What type of reactions are ethers?
Nucleophilic substitution reaction
How are amines produced?
Nucleophilic substitution reaction with NH2
