Organic Chemistry Flashcards
heated inorganic compound
ammonium cyanate produced urea
Wöhler synthesis
AKA Carbamide
Urea
German chemist, disproved the
“Vitalism” and isolate urea
Friedrich Wohler
Urea was isolated from an inorganic compound ______
ammonium cyanate
states that electrons fill lower-energy atomic orbitals before
filling higher-energy ones
AUFBAU PRINCIPLE
maximum of 2 electrons can occupy the same orbital only if
they have opposite spins
PAULI’S EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE
atoms of the same element with different
numbers of neutrons and thus different mass
number (A).
ISOTOPES
region of space where there is a
certain probability of finding an
electron
ORBITALS
- Also known as WAVE FUNCTION
ORBITALS
for degenerate orbitals, electrons fill the orbitals singly
before they pair up
HUND’S RULE
No 2 electrons can have the same set of 4 quantum numbers
HEISENBERG’S UNCCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
- symbolic notation of the manner in which the electrons of its atoms are distributed over different
atomic orbitals
Electron Configuration
The tendency among atoms of group 1A-7A
elements to react in ways that achieve an outer shell of
eight valence electrons.
Octet Rule
– an atom or group of atoms bearing a negative
charge.
Anion
an atom or group of atoms bearing a positive charge.
Cation