Organic chemistry Flashcards

1
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What is crude oil?

A

A finite resource

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2
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How and where was crude oil made?

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  • Found in porous rocks in earth crust

- Formed over millions of years from remains of plankton

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3
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What are hydrocarbons?

A

A compound

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4
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What are hydrocarbons made from?

A

Hydrogen and carbon

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5
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The larger the hydrogen the What?

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  • More viscous
  • Higher the B.P
  • less volatile
  • less easily it ignites
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6
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How is crude oil seperated?

A

By fractional distillation

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7
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What is an alkane?

A

They are saturated hydrocarbons

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8
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What is the formula for an alkane?

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C(n)H(2n+2)

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9
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What happens during combustion?

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  • Both carbon and hydrogen are oxidised
  • Energy is released
  • Waste products are produced and are released into atmosphere
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10
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What could happen if combustion is not complete?

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Carbon monoxide could be produced

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11
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What is carbon monoxide?

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It is a colourless, odourless and toxic gas

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12
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What is the process of hydrocarbons?

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When large chain hydrocarbons are broken into shorter more useful hydrocarbons

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13
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What happens during thermal cracking?

A
  • The hydrocarbon is heated until vaporised

- Vapour is passed over a hot catalyst

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14
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What do Alkenes form?

A

A double bond between the carbons

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15
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What are Alkenes described as?

A

Unsaturated hydrocarbons

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16
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What is the formula for Alkenes?

A

C(n)H(2n)

17
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Describe the reactions of Alkenes?

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  • Alkenes are more reactive (due to double bond)
  • Alkenes react with oxygen in combustion
  • Tend to burn with smokier flames (due to incomplete combusition)
18
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What do Alkenes do in Bromine water?

A

They turn it from orange to colourless

19
Q

How can aqueous solution of ethanol be produced?

A

By fermentation

20
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What are alcohols?

A

They are carbon based molecules with the functional group -OH

21
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What do alcohols do?

A
  • Dissolve in water forming neutral solutions
  • React with sodium to produce hydrogen
  • Burn in air producing C02 and H20
22
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What is the functional group for Carboxylic Acids?

A

-COOH

23
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Describe carboxylic acids.

A
  • Dissolve in water to form acidic solutions
  • React with carbonates to produce CO2
  • React with alcohols forming esters
  • Do not ionise fully in water
24
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What forms esters?

A

Alcohols and carboxylic acids reacting together

25
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What is the functions group for esters?

A

-COO

26
Q

HT:

What are the two groups for Amino acids

A
  • The amine group (NH2)

- AND the carboxyl group (COOH)

27
Q

What is DNA?

A

A very large molecule

28
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What is DNA made from?

A

It is made from two polymer chains constructed from four different nucleotides

29
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What are Starch and Cellulose?

A

They are polymers are sugars which are both forms of carbohydrates

30
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Why are alkenes useful for making polymers?

A

because they are unsaturated

31
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What is additional polymerisation?

A

When many monomers join together to form polymers

32
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What do the properties of polymers depend on?

A
  • What it is made from

- The conditions it was made in (E.g. Temperature)

33
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Describe Termosoftening polymers.

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  • They have weak Intermolecular forces

- Consist of individual polymer chains which are tangled together

34
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Describe Termosetting polymers?

A
  • Consists of polymer chains which are joined together by cross links.
  • Do not melt when are heated
35
Q

HT:

What are condensation polymers?

A

They are monomers which join together to form polymer molecules

36
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When are the simplest polymers formed

A

They are formed when diols join together with Dicarboxylic acids

37
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When Amino acids join together by condensation polymerisation what do they form?

A

They form polypeptides and water

38
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What is a peptide link?

A

is the bond formed between the carboxyl group and the amino acid groups when amino acids join together