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Organic Chemistry Flashcards

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What is Crude oil?

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A finite resource found in rocks. It is a mixture if hydrocarbons

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How is crude oil formed?

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Over millions of years from the remains of plankton which were buried in mud

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What is a Hydrocarbon?

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An organic molecule made of hydrogen and carbon atoms only

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What are alkanes?

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Saturated hydrocarbons that only contain single bonds

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What is the general formula for alkanes?

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Cn H2n+2

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What is meant by viscosity?

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The thickness of a fluid.

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What happens to the viscosity of hydrocarbons as the size of the molecule increases?

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It increases

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Which is more viscous and why, methane or butane?

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Butane because it’s molecule is larger than methane’s

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9
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What happens to the flammability of hydrocarbons as they get bigger?

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It decreases

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Which is more flammable and why, methane or butane?

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Methane because its molecule is shorter

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What happens to the boiling point of hydrocarbons as the size of their molecules increase?

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It increases

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Which has a higher boiling point and why, ethane or pentane?

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Pentane, its molecule is larger than

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Why is methane a gas at room temperature?

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It is a short chain hydrocarbon so it has a low boiling point, one lower than room temperature

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What is the product of complete combustion of hydrocarbons?

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Carbon dioxide and water

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Why do we separate crude oil?

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To make use of the separate hydrocarbons

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16
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How do we separate crude oil?

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By fractional distillation

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17
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What are the conditions of a fractionating column?

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Hot at the bottom, cool at the top

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18
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At what temperature does a substance condense?

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When it reaches it’s boiling point

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19
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Where will shorter chained molecules condense in a fractionating column and why?

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At the top because they have low boiling points and it’s cool at the top

20
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Where will long chained molecules condense in a fractionating column and why?

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At the bottom because they have high boiling points and it’s hot at the bottom

21
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What is Cracking?

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Breaking long chain hydrocarbons into smaller more useful ones

22
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What are the two types of cracking and the conditions required for them?

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  • Catalytic Cracking - Low temperature, low pressure, zeolite catalyst
  • Thermal Cracking - High temperature and pressure
23
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What happens as the chain length of a hydrocarbon increases?

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  • Viscosity increases
  • Flammability decreases
  • Boiling/Melting points increase
24
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Which is more viscous: Ethane or Hexane?

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Hexane

25
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Which is more flammable: Methane or Butane?

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Methane

26
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Which has a higher boiling point: Propane or Pentene?

A

Pentene

27
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Pentane C5H12, is cracked into ethene and one other hydrocarbon. Which one?

A

Propane C3H8

28
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What is the general formula for alkenes?

A

CnH2n

29
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Why do alkenes burn with a smoky flame?

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They are more reactive than alkanes so require a rapid supply of oxygen, and therefore undergo incomplete combustion

30
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alkene + oxygen = ?

A

Carbon + carbon dioxide + carbon monoxide + water

31
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Why is bromine used to test for alkenes?

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Alkenes react in an addition reaction with Bromine and become saturated. When the bromine is used up, the solution loses its brown colour

32
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steam (H2O) + alkene = ?

A

Alcohol

33
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What is an addition polymer?

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A polymer made from unsaturated monomers joined together in a chain

34
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what is the repeating unit for polyethene?

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35
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What is the functional group for alcohols?

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-OH

36
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What is the general formula for alcohols?

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CnH2n+1OH

37
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Complete combustion of Methanol

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Methanol + Oxygen => Carbon dioxide + Water

38
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Why are alcohol solutions neutral?

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They don’t ionise in water

39
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What does the oxidisation of alcohol produce?

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A carboxylic acid

40
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What is the functional group for carboxylic acids?

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-COOH

41
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What would the reaction between Ethanoic acid and sodium carbonate produce?

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Sodium ethanoate + Water + Carbon Dioxide

42
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What is the functional group for esters

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-COO-

43
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What ester is formed from Ethanoic Acid and Ethanol?

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Ethyl Ethanoate

44
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Ethanoic acid + Ethanol =

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Ethyl Ethanoate + water

45
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Why is Methanoic acid solution a weak acidic solution?

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Carboxylic acids don’t fully ionise in water

46
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What is a condensation polymer?

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One made from two different monomers, with a small molecule (usually water) formed along with the polymer

47
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Name two naturally occurring polymers

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Proteins, DNA

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