Organic Chemistry

Question 1

Hydrocarbon

Answer 1

A compound containing only carbon and hydrogen atoms

Question 2

Saturated compound

Answer 2

A compound in which all of the bonds between carbon atoms are single bonds

Question 3

Unsaturated compound

Answer 3

A compound in such there is at least one double or triple bond between carbon atoms

Question 4

Functional group

Answer 4

An atom or group of atoms that form the center of chemical activity in the molecule

Question 5

Homologous series

Answer 5

A series of similar compounds which have the same functional group and have the same general formula, in which each member differs from the previous one by a single CH2 unit

Question 6

Structural isomers

Answer 6

Compounds having the same molecular formula but different structural formulae

Question 7

Dehydrohalogenation

Answer 7

Hot concentrated solution of KOH in an ethanol solvent - absence of water

Question 8

Dehydration of alcohols

Answer 8

Hearing of alcohol with an excess of H2SO4

Question 9

Cracking of hydrocarbons

Answer 9

Thermal cracking - high pressures and temperatures

Catalytic cracking - low temperatures and pressures

Question 10

Alkane to haloalkane

Answer 10

Presence of light or heat

Question 11

Haloalkane to alcohol

Answer 11

Heat in a alkali solution