Organic Chemistry

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A branch of chemistry that deals with the compounds of carbon

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Organic chemistry

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This theory states that organic compounds originated from living materials, either plants or animals. Such material possess vital force and compounds that are extremely difficult to synthesize in the laboratory

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Vital force theory

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He synthesized urea in the laboratory from the inorganic compound —

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Friedrich Wohler

Ammonium cyanate

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This states that atoms in an organic compound have fixed number of bonds. This combining ability is termed as

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Structural Theory

valence

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This states that carbon can form bonds with another carbon atom accounting for a high percentage of carbon in most organic compounds. This ability of carbon is called

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Structural theory

Catenation

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This states that atoms are being held by electrical attraction between species of opposite charge.

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Dualism (Berzelius)

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Atoms form bonds to completely fill their valence shells.

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Dualism (Berzelius)

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A way atoms bond by gaining or losing electrons

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Ionic bond

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A way atoms bond by sharing electrons with another atom

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Covalent bond

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This bond is formed because atoms high high ionization energy tend to lose easily while atoms with low electron affinity tend to gain electrons easily

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Ionic bond

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This bond is formed because atoms forming covalent bonds share electrons acquire the configuration of the noble gas (octet rule).

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Covalent Bond

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A molecule or an ion represented in two or more Lewis structures that differ only in the positions of electrons exhibit the property of resonance. These structures are called

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Resonance Theory

Resonating structures or resonating contributors

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Compounds containing can carbon and hydrogen

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Hydrocarbons

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Compounds whose carbon atoms are arrange in chains whether Straight or branched

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Alipathic hydrocarbons

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These are aliphatic hydrocarbons that contain single bonds

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Alkanes

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These are aliphatic hydrocarbons that contain double bonds

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Alkenes

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These are aliphatic hydrocarbons that contain triple bonds

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Aligned

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These are aliphatic hydrocarbons that contain two double bonds

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Alkadienes

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These are hydrocarbons containing carbon atoms in a ring system

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Alicyclics hydrocarbons

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These are alicyclics hydrocarbons which are aliens arranged in the form of a closed chain

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Cycloalkanes

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These are alicyclic hydrocarbons which are no conjugated Alkenes in a ring system

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Cycloalkenes

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These are compounds containing carbon atoms with conjugated double bonds in a ring system

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Aromatic hydrocarbons

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A hydrocarbon derivative which have one or more hydrogen atom replaced by -OH group

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Alcohols and phenols

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A hydrocarbon derivative with two hydrocarbon group attached to oxygen

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Ethers

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Cyclic ethers in which the oxygen is included in a three-membered ring

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Epoxies

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Hydrocarbons with one or two alkyl groups attached to C=O

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Aldehydes and ketones

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Hydrocarbons with the carboxyl group

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Carboxylic acid

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Carboxyl is acid derivative with the hydrogen atom replaced by an alkyl group

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Esters

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Carboxyl if acid derivatives with the hydrogen atom replaced by RC=O

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Acid anhydride

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Hydrocarbons with the hydrogen atom replaced by one or more halogens

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Alkyl halides and aryl halides

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Hydrocarbon derivatives with hydrogen atom replaced with -SH

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Thiols

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Hydrocarbon derivatives with general formula RSSR

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Disulfide

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Carboxylate acid derivatives with hydrogen atom replaced with NH2, -NHR', -NR'R"

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Amides

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Organic derivative of NH3

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Amines

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Allan's can also be called

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Paraffins

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Alkanes are source of --- --- carbons

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Sp3 hybridized

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These are organic compounds obtained from the fractional distillation of petroleum

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Alkanes

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Alkanes are insoluble in water due to these two reasons

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Non-polar character | Inability to form hydrogen bonds

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Alkenes are also called

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Olefins

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Alkenes are a source of --- --- Carbon

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Sp2 hybridized

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This rule says that the alkene formed is the one that is more alkyl substituted

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Saitsev's Rule

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Alkenes can be prepared by

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Dehydration of alcohol | Dehydrogenation of alkyl halides

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Three preparation of Alayna's

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Rxn sodium acetylene with alkyl halides Dehydrohalogenation of vicinal di halides Dehalogentation of tetra halides

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These are obtained from a catalytic dehydrogenation of cyclohexane and from coal Tara

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Benzene

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These contain the hydroxyl group

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Alcohols

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-OR Group can also be called

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Alkoxy group

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The halogen attaches to the carbon that is more alkyl substituted thus producing a higher order alkyl halide

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Markovnikoff's Rule