Organic chemistry Flashcards
What is a crude oil?
Mixture of molecules called hydro carbons.
Hydrocarbons has different boiling point
Long chain= high boiling point
What is Fractional distillation?
Crude oil is separated into fractions containing hydrocarbons with similar number of carbon atoms
What fractions are at the top of the column?
Liquid petroleum gas-bottled gas
petrol-gasoline fuel for cars
naphtha-raw material for chemical industry
How is crude oil formed?
Formed from the remains of microscopic plants and animals that once lived in the sea they then sink to the sea bed
What is an alkane?
Carbon atoms fully bonded to hydrogen METH-1 ETH-2 PROP-3 BUT-4 Complete combustion produce co2 and h20
What is an alkene?
Carbon has double bonds
Burn in air with Smoky flame, incomplete combustion not fully oxidised + produces co , c and h20
*makes polymers
What is Cracking?
Long chain alkane is broken down to produce shorter chain
produces 2 type of product alkane and alkenes
What is the test for alkene(unsaturated hydrocarbon)?
add alkene and bromine water together and it should go from orange to colourless(decolourises)
stays orange with alkanes
What is fermentation/how does temp affect it?
sugar—ethanol + carbon dioxide
temp between 25-50 are the best
if its too low-yeast becomes inactive and reaction slows down
too high-yeast denatures and reaction stops working
What is the functional group for alcohols/What are the first 4 alcohols?
function group hydroxyl OH Methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol is the first 4 members of the homologous series of alcohols
What is the functional group for carboxylic acids and do they ionise?
functional group carboxyl COOH
-Do not ionise (dissolve) fully in water -weak acids
What are the equations for esters/what is the functional group?
alcohols + carboxylic acid = esters
functional group COO
ethanol + ethanoic–ethyl ethanoate
What is a Amino acid?
functional groups:
amino group NH3
carboxyl group COOH
Glycine (NH2CH2COOH) is an amino acid
What is DNA?
DNA is a very large molecule
It stores and transmit instruction for development
What are Starch and cellulose?
Both are polymers of sugar
made by plants
Sugar, starch and cellulose are all carbohydrates
What is a Condensation polymers?
Made up of 2 different monomers(not alkenes)
- each of the monomers has to have at least 2 functional group
- Small molecule given off in the process
What is an Addition polymerisation?
Make polyers
Monomers are alkenes with a double carbon bond that make a polymer-short
polymer has a single carbon bond -long
What are the first 4 steps for fractional distillation?
1) Takes place in large columns
2) Crude oil is heated at high temp causing it to boil
3) Hydrocarbons evaporate and turn into gas
4) Crude oil vapour is fed into column