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Organic Chemistry Flashcards

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What is crude oil made out of and used for

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Made of hydrocarbons

Used for plastics cosmetics and petrol

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What is the formula for alkanes

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CnH2n+2

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3
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What are the first 4 alkanes

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Methane
Ethane
Propane
Butane

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4
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What are the properties of long chain hydrocarbons

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Thicker
Less flammable
Higher boiling point

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5
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Properties of short chain hydrocarbons

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Less thick
More flammable
Lower boiling point

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6
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What happens in the combustion of hydrocarbons and what is produced

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Releases energy
Hydrogen and carbon are oxidised
Produces co2 and water

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7
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How does fractional distillation occur

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Crude oil boils to gas
Fed into column (hot at bottom, cool at top)
Vapours rise and condense when reaches boiling point
Collect liquid fuel

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8
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What happens to long chain hydrocarbons in fractional distillation

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They won’t boil so are collected at bottom as liquid

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9
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What happens to very short chain hydrocarbons in fractional distillation

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Are collected at top as gas as don’t condense

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10
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What are the uses of the fractions collected in distillation

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Petrol (cars)
Petroleum (camping fuel)
Kerosene (plane fuel)

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11
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What is cracking

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Breaks down long chain alkanes into a short chain alkanes and an Alkene
Helps large demand for short chain alkanes

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What are the two types of cracking and how do they work

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Catalytic - turns to vapour, add catalyst

Steam- vaporise, mix with steam, heat

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13
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Are alkanes saturated or unsaturated molecules

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Saturated , no double bonds

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14
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Are alkenes saturated or unsaturated

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Unsaturated

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15
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What is the general formula for alkenes

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CnH2n

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What are the first 4 alkenes

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Ethene
Propene
Butene
Pentene

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17
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What’s more reactive alkanes or alkenes

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Alkenes

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18
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How many bonds can a carbon atom form

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4

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19
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What happens in an alkene addition reaction

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The carbon carbon double bond breaks and two new atoms are added often occurs with halogens as they are diatomic

20
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What happens when alkenes go through incomplete combustion

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They produce carbon,carbon monoxide , carbon dioxide and water and burn with a smokey flame

21
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What happens when alkenes react with hydrogen and what is it called

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Happens in presence of catalyst

Called hydrogenation

22
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What happens when alkene reacts with steam

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Water is added across double bins and forms alcohol
Uses catalyst
Makes ethanol industrially

23
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How can you use bromine water to test for alkenes

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When orange bromine water is added to a saturated compound, like an alkane, no reaction will happen and it stays bright orange
If it’s added for an alkene the bromine will add across the double bond, making a colourless compound

24
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What is polymerisation and what conditions are needed

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When monomers join together to form polymers

Needs high pressure and a catalyst

25
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What happens to the alkene bonds in polymerisation

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The double bond is broken and opens up to join the molecules together

26
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What is the general formula for alcohols

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CnH2n+1OH

27
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What are the first 4 alcohols

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Methanol
Ethanol
Propanol
Butanol

28
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What are the properties of alcohols

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Soluble in water
React with sodium to form hydrogen
Oxidised to produce carboxylic acid

29
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What are the uses of alcohols

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Solvents in industry as dissolve substances that water won’t dissolve
Used as fuels as burns clearly and is non smelly

30
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How does fermentation make ethanol

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Uses the enzyme yeast to convert sugar into ethanol
Reaction produces co2
Occurs at 37 degrees
In anaerobic conditions

31
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What is the functional group for carboxylic acid

A

COOH

32
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What are the first four carboxylic acids

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Methanoic acid
Ethanoic acid
Propanoic acid
Butanoic acid

33
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How do carboxylic acids react with carbonates

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Form a salt water and carbon dioxide

Salt ends in anoate

34
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How do carboxylic acids react with water

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They dissolve in water and ionise and release h+ ions

Don’t ionise fully, only form weak acids

35
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What is the functional group of esters

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COO

36
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How are esters formed

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From an alcohol and carboxylic acid with a catalyst

Also produce water

37
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What is an example of an ester

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Ethyl ethanoate

38
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What is condensation polymerisation

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Monomers with different functional groups form polymers and produce water

39
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What are the differences between addition polymerisation and condensation polymerisation

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Addition has only one monomer type where’s condensation has different
Addition forms one product condensation forms water and polymer molecule
Addition has the C C double bond functional group, condensation has COO/COOH functional group

40
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What two groups do amino acids have

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An amino group (NH2) and a carboxyl group

41
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What is a protein

A

An amino acid polymer
Made up of monomers called polypeptides
Formed in reaction where water is also formed

42
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What are proteins used for

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To work as enzymes, haemoglobin, antibodies

43
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What are DNA molecules made from

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Nucleotide polymers that contain bases and cross links

44
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How do simple sugars form polymers

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React together through polymerisation to form larger carbohydrate molecules eg starch

45
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What do alcohols react with sodium to form

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Hydrogen

46
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What is added to alcohols to form a carboxylic acid

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Oxygen, the alcohol is oxidised

Eleanor Rowe Chemistry GCSE (9 decks)

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