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Organic Chemistry Flashcards

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1
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Organic definition

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Is living or was living

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Organic chemistry

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Study of carbon based molecules

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3
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Organic molecules always contain

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Carbon

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4
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How many bonds does carbon make

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Four

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5
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Shape of carbon bonds

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Tetrahedral

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6
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Five special things about carbon

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  • it makes four bonds
  • shape of bonds is tetrahedral
  • it can make chains
  • it can form rings and networks
  • it can make single, double, and triple bonds
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7
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Hydrocarbon

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Molecules that contain only hydrogen and carbon

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8
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Know how to use tables P + Q

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Know how to use tables P + Q

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9
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Isomer

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Same molecular formula, different structural formula

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10
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Saturated

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Completely filled (with hydrogen)

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11
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Which homologous solution is saturated and why

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Alkanes, all single bonds and completely filled with hydrogen

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12
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Which homologous solutions are unsaturated

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Alkenes and alkynes

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13
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Most reactive and least reactive carbon bond

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Triple most reactive
Single least reactive

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14
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Combustion reaction

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Hydrocarbon + oxygen = carbon dioxide + water

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15
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How to do the substitution reaction

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Saturated hydrocarbons
Alkanes
Replacing an H with a halogen

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16
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How to do addition reaction

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Unsaturated hydrocarbons
Alkenes and alkynes
Adding a halogen ( usually)

17
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Four inorganic reactions

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Synthesis
Decomposition
Single replacement
Double replacement

18
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Eight organic reactions

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Saponification
Combustion
Fermentation
Addition
Substitution
Dehydration polymerization
Addition polymerization
Esterification

19
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What is a polymer

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A very large molecule composed of many repeated monomers

20
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COH/ROH

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Alcohol

21
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COOH/ROOH

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Organic acid

22
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COOC/ROOR

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Ester

23
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ROC/ROR

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Ether

24
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Esterification

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The making of an ester

25
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Alcohol + organic acid ->

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Ester + water

26
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COH + COOH =

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COOC + HOH

27
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Empirical formula

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Converting a molecular formula into lowest terms ( and vice versa )

28
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Distillation

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Separating liquids by boiling points

29
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Cyclohydrocarbons

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Carbons that can form rings

30
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The larger the hydrocarbon, the higher the

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Boiling point and melting point

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