Organic Chemistry Flashcards
Tetrahedral shaped
Contains only single bonds
Hydrocarbons
Compounds that contain only hydrgogen + carbon
Eg Methane found in slurry pits
Planar shaped
does not only contain single bonds
Homologous series
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
Groups that areHydrocarbons
Alkanes
Alkenes
Alkynes
Alcohols
Structural isomers
Compounds with the same molecular formulae but a different STRUCTURAL formulae
Isomers of butene
But-1-ene
But-2-ene
Ethyne
Alyne
Found in oxyacetylene wich is used in the welding + cutting of metal
Chloroalkanes yses
Used in the dry cleaning of clothes
Functional group
An atom or group of atoms responsibke for the characteristic properties of a series of organic compounds
eg hydroxyl group for alcohols
Primary alcohol
One where the C atom joined to the OH group is attatched to only 1 other C atom eg butan-1-ol
Secondary alcohol
One where the C atom joined to the OH group is attatched to 2 other C atoms eg butan-2-ol
Tertiary alcohol
One wgere the C atom joined to the OH group is attatched to 3 other C atoms
Source of methane
Slurry pits
Methanal
Used in preserving biological soecimeb
Aromatic compound
Compounds that have a benzene ring structure in their molecule
Propanoic acid
Preserving food
Methanoic acid
Found in nettle stings
Ethanoic acid
Used to make vineger
Aliphatic compound
ORGANIC Compounds that consist of open chains of carbon and closed chains compounds that resemble them in their properties
Bonds in a benzen ring
6 C-C bonds
6 C-H bonds
Delocalised pie bond formed from the 6 electrons in P orbital
Bensen ring isomer
Methyl benzane
Ethyl bensane
Benzaldehyde 6 carbs in main ring
