Organic Chemistry 1 Flashcards
hydrocarbon
compound of hydrogen and carbon only
A homologous series has
- compounds with the same general formula
- members which have similar chemical properties
- members which show a trend in physical properties
- members which differ from each other by a CH2 unit
Alkene
name ends in -ene
CnH2n
Alcohol
name ends in -ol
Aldehyde
name ends in -al
Ketone
name ends in -one
Carboxylic acid
ends in -oic acid
Amine
name ends in -amine
Nitrile
ends in -nitrile
if molecule contains alcohol and carboxyic acid eg.
name starts with hydroxyl- for alcohol and ends with -oic acid
stereoisomerism
illustrated by E/Z isomerism
structural isomerism
same molecular formula, different structural, displayed, skeletal formula.
eg. of saturated hydrocarbons
alkanes and cycloalkanes
alkane fuels are obtained from
the fractional distillation, cracking
and reforming of crude oil
reforming
the processing of straight-chain hydrocarbons into
branched-chain alkanes and cyclic hydrocarbons for efficient combustion
pollutants formed during the combustion of alkane fuels
carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur,
carbon particulates and unburned hydrocarbons
carbon monoxide problems
toxic, poisonous in that it combines almost irreversibly with haemoglobin so preventing it carrying oxygen around the body
sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides problems
- Fuels often contain some sulfur and nitrogen
- when combusted, sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen
- then reacts with water vapour in the atmostphere forming acid rain of sulfuric acid and nirtic acid
use of a catalytic converter to solve problems of pollutants
catalyst provides the surface enabling oxidisers such as oxides of nitrogen to react with reductants such as unburnt hydrocarbons to form less harmful carbon dioxide and nitrogen
use of alternative fuels
- biodiesel and alcohols formed from renewable resources
- biofuel is formed by plants that take up carbon dioxide from the air to make the plant material which is then converted into fuel, and when the fuel is burnt, it simply puts back into the air the carbon dioxide it originally removed, so is carbon-neutral
radical
- is a species with an unpaired electron and is represented in mechanisms by a single dot
- is formed by homolytic fission of a covalent bond and results in the formation of radicals
limitations of radical substitutions of alkanes
further substitution reactions and the
formation of a mixture of products
eg. of unsaturated hydrocarbons
alkenes and cycloalkenes
electrophile
a species attracted to an area of negative charge and is an electron pair acceptor
double bond is made up of
sigma and pi bond