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1
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Primary organic constituent

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Nitrogen - ingested
Oxygen - ingested
Methane - produced by anaerobic microbes
Carbon Dioxide - produced by aerobic microbes or ingested
Hydrogen - produced by some microbes and consumed by others

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Definition of organic compound

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compounds that are abundant in living organisms

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Flatulence

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mixture of gases that are produced by symbiotic bacteria and yeast living in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals

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4
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How to reduce flatulence outbursts

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~ Dietary remedies

  • reduce intake of refined carbohydrates
  • Prebiotics / Probiotics

~ Cosmetic remedies

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5
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Organic compounds generally composed of

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Carbon & hydrogen !!

nitrogen, sulphur, oxygen , halogens, phosphorus

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Organic chemistry

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study of structure , properties, composition , reaction and synthesis of organic compounds that by definition contain Carbon

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Carbon can be found

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in all living things
in atmosphere
in the layer of lime stone sediment on the ocean floor
in fussil fuel like coal

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8
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Global carbon cycle

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Geological carbon cycle (millions of years)

Biological carbon cycle (days to thousand of year)

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Allotropy

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The property of some chemical elements exist two or more different forms

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10
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Allotropes

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Different structure of structure modifications of an element

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11
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8 allotropes of carbon

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Diamond / Graphite / Lonsdaleite / C 60 (buckyball) / C 540 / C 70 / Amorphous carbon / single walled carbon nanotube (buckytube)

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About organic Chemistry

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  • Carbon & its role in bonding
  • Isomerism
  • Classification
  • Unsaturated hydrocarbon
  • Aromatic compounds
  • Alcohols & Phenols
  • Esters
  • Organic Halogens
  • Organic Carbonyls I (Aldehyde & ketone)
  • Organic Carbonyls II (Acids & Esters)
  • Lipids
  • Amines, Amides & nitrogen containing compounds
  • Carbohydrates
  • Amino acids & Proteins
  • Nucleotides & nucleic acids
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13
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Why is urea useful

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  • Waste product of metabolism of nitrogen- containing food

- Commercially produced as fertilizer and used in the production of plastics and certain drugs

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14
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BBuilding block of life

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Carbon, hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen

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15
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Carbon can form how many bonds?

Nitrogen / Sulphur / Oxygen / Hydrogen / Chlorine / Bromine / Phosphorus / Fluorine

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C - 4
N / P - 3
O / S - 2
Cl / Br / H / F - 1

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16
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General formula for alkanes?

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C(n) H(2n+2)

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17
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General formula for cytoalkanes?

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C(n) H(2n)

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18
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Homologous series

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Each member in a homologous series has same general formula

19
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Members in the homologous series have same _____________ and similar ________

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same functional group

similar chemical properties

20
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Members in the homologous series, their physical properties may differ when ______

A

the carbon chain length vary

21
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Name and formula of alkanes
1 - 6 carbon
7 - 10 Carbon

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Methane    CH(4)
Ethane       C(2)H(6)
Propane      C(3)H(8)
Butane       C(4)H(10)
Pentane      C(5)H(12)
Hexane        C(6) H(14)
Hept     7
Oct       8
Non      9
Dec      10
22
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Rule of name the compound

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  1. Name the longest carbon chain
  2. Functional groups & alkyl groups are then added as prefix or suffix
  3. If there is more than 1 isomer, C are labelled with numbers from end giving the lowest number to functional group
  4. If there is more than 1 function group, they are placed in alphabetical order
23
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most of the organic compound is derived from the _______ by _________

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crude oil & natural gas

‘catalytic cracking’ or heating the crude oil in the presence of a catalyst

24
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crude oil can be break down into

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  • Methane
  • Petroleum gas ( 1- 4C) < 40*C
  • Gasoline/ petrol - car fuel (5-10 C) 40*C - 170 *C
  • Naptha - chemical & plastic 110 *C
  • Kerosine oil - Jet combustion fuel (10- 12 C) 180*C
  • Diesel oil - Fuel in diesel engines, buses, railways , ship (13- 15 C) 250 -350 *C
  • Fuel Oil - industrial furnace & boilers (15- 18 C) 350 - 400 *C Better than coal , doesn’t leave residue
  • ( Residue oil )- ship & power station fuel, bitumen, waxes > 340 *C
  • Lubricating oil - (10-20 C) > 400*C for lubricating various mechanical & machine parts, not as fuel
  • Paraffin wax (20 - 30C) > 400*C for candles, ointments, grease; not as fuel
  • Asphalt - (30 - 50C) > 400*C for road surface not as fuel
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Crude oil is

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Remnants of decayed tiny marine plants and animals found in rocks

26
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Cracking is

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Heating crude oil to high temperature which facilitates to breakage of c- c bonds.
Many different carbon chain length are separated by the means of fractional distillation through a tall factional distillation column

27
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Natural gas mainly composed of

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methane and ethane

28
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Types of formula

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  • Molecule - actual no of atoms of each element in the molecule
  • Display - Placing atoms & bonds between them
  • Structural - Mineral detail of an unambiguous structure
  • Skeletal - Carbon skeleton & functional group only
29
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Methane has ______ molecular structure

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Tetrahedral

30
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Structural isomerism

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same molecular formula but different structural formula

e.g Butane & 2 Methyl-Propane

31
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Sides chains are also called

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alkyl groups [C(n)H(2n+1)]

  • methyl - CH3-
  • ethyl - C2H5-
  • Propyl - C3H7-
32
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Functional group

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Group of atoms or bonds within the molecule that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules

33
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saturated hydrocarbon

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relatively unreactive (contain C-C or C-H bonds, hard to break)

34
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Unsaturated hydrocarbon

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relatively reactive compounds contain C=C bond

35
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Compound reactivity is ________by the presence of _________

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increased by the presence of functional group

36
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Combustion of Alkane

Natural gas & Petrol

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Natural gas - CH4 + 2O2 > CO2 + H2O

Petrol - 2C8H18 + 25O2 > 16 CO2 + 18 H2O

37
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Balance equation of Combustion of Ethane/ Propane/ Butane / Pentane

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2C2H6 + 7O2 > 4CO2 + 6H2O
C3H8 + 5O2 > 3CO2 + 4H2O
2C4H10 + 13O2 > 8CO2 + 10H2O
C5H12 + 8O2 > 5CO2 + 6H2O

38
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Petroleum fractions contain

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sulphur impurities > sulphur oxide (SO2 or SO) > + H2O form acid rain

39
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Environmental problems caused by burning fossil fuel

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  • Acid rain formed by sulphur impurities (from petroleum fraction) oxidised and mixed with water
  • Toxic gas like NO & CO and unburnt hydrocarbon from car emission
  • Excessive combustion of fossil fuels increases CO2 emission
40
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how to combat the ineffectiveness of incomplete combustion and reduce the lv of toxic gas

A

Gases made to react with catalytic converter

2CO +2NO > 2CO2 +N2

41
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formula for open chain alkene with one ‘ene’ group

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C(n)H(2n)

42
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formula for open chain alkene with two ‘ene’ group

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C(n)H(2n-2)

43
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formula for cycloalkene with one ‘ene’ group

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C(n)H(2n-2)

44
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formula for cycloalkene with two ‘ene’ group

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C(n)H(2n-4)

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