Organic Chemistry Flashcards
What is organic chemistry?
The study of carbon compounds
What makes carbon-based compounds so popular?
Carbon chains are very stable
The occurrence of isomers
The variety of functional groups that bind to carbon
What are hydrocarbons
Largest class of organic compounds that only consist of carbon and hydrogen
How many bonds does alkanes have
Single
How many bonds does alkenes have
Double
How many bonds in alkynes
Triple
What are aromatics?
Consist of benzene, benzene derivatives and fused benzene rings
What are alkanes
Saturated hydrocarbons
What does tetrahedral mean?
In alkanes each carbon is the central atom in a tetrahedral arrangement (4 single bonds)
Where and what are conformers
Found in alkane arrangements
When an atom had different rotational forms because of free rotation around a single bond
What does methane represent
1
What does ethane represent
2
What does propane represent
3
What does butane represent
4
What does pentane represent
5