Organic Chemistry Flashcards

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Tetrahedral shaped

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Contains only single bonds

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Hydrocarbons

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Compounds that contain only hydrgogen + carbon

Eg Methane found in slurry pits

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Planar shaped

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does not only contain single bonds

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Homologous series

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A series of compouns of uniform chemicak type
Showing graduation in physical properties
Having a general formulae for each if it’s members
Each member having a simular method of preperation
Each member differing from the previous member by a single CH2 unit

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Groups that areHydrocarbons

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Alkanes
Alkenes
Alkynes
Alcohols

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Structural isomers

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Compounds with the same molecular formulae but a different STRUCTURAL formulae

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Isomers of butene

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But-1-ene

But-2-ene

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Ethyne

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Alyne

Found in oxyacetylene wich is used in the welding + cutting of metal

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Chloroalkanes yses

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Used in the dry cleaning of clothes

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Functional group

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An atom or group of atoms responsibke for the characteristic properties of a series of organic compounds
eg hydroxyl group for alcohols

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Primary alcohol

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One where the C atom joined to the OH group is attatched to only 1 other C atom eg butan-1-ol

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Secondary alcohol

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One where the C atom joined to the OH group is attatched to 2 other C atoms eg butan-2-ol

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Tertiary alcohol

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One wgere the C atom joined to the OH group is attatched to 3 other C atoms

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Source of methane

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Slurry pits

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14
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Methanal

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Used in preserving biological soecimeb

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Aromatic compound

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Compounds that have a benzene ring structure in their molecule

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Propanoic acid

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Preserving food

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Methanoic acid

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Found in nettle stings

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Ethanoic acid

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Used to make vineger

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Aliphatic compound

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ORGANIC Compounds that consist of open chains of carbon and closed chains compounds that resemble them in their properties

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Bonds in a benzen ring

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6 C-C bonds
6 C-H bonds
Delocalised pie bond formed from the 6 electrons in P orbital

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Bensen ring isomer

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Methyl benzane
Ethyl bensane
Benzaldehyde 6 carbs in main ring