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What are Hydro carbons?

A

Naturally occuring compounds that contain Hydroggen and carbon ONLY

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What do alkanes form?

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a homologous series

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What is homologous?

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A family of compounds which all have the same functional group.

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What is a functional group?

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A specific group of atoms or bonds within a compound which give molecules simlar properties.

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What is alkanes, functional group?

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It doesnt have one

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What are the endings for these chemicals

Alkenes: Alkanes: Alchahols:

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Alkanes:Enes Alkanes:anes Alcahols:anol

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What is The chemical name for glucose?

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C6 H12 O6

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What is a polymer

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a chemical made of many repeating units

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Why do Alkanes not form polymers

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Alkanes have only single bonds and are very unreactive

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What is an ion

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an atom with a positive or negative charge

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what do all homologous series have?

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Same general formula and similar chemical properties

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what does it mean if something is saturated?

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their carbon atoms are joined by single bonds :C-C a double bond is C=C

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What are alkenes less likely to do compared to alkanes?

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Combust completely, so they burn in the air with a smoky flame.

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What does methane contain

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One carbon and four covalent bonds with hydrogen molecules

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What is so different about alkenes?

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They have a double covalent bond and have two “jazz hands” of hydrogen atoms each diagonally

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In any Alkene which carbon atom has the “Jazz hands”?

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The carbon molecule with the doube bond

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In an alkene,what is differet about the second carbon molecule if their is one?

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It doesnt have a covalent bond underneath it

18
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What makes a hydroxyl group?

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An oxygen covalently bonded with a hydrogen

19
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What is a hydroxyl known to be linked with?

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alchahol

20
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What do you add to hydroxyl molecules to make alchahol?

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Any alkanes

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What does a carboxylic acid look like?(use pen and paper for this question)

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It is a Carbon molecule with a top right double bond and a bottom left single covalent bond with an oxygen molecule which is bonded covalently with a hydrogen atom.

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How many carbon molecules in a carboxylic acid make it change and what does it change to:

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1 carbon molecule:Methanoic acid

2 carbon molecules:ethanoic acid

3 carbon molecules:propanoic acid

4 carbon molecules:butanoic acid

23
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What do ketones do?

A

Make molecules useful as solvents

24
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What do esters do?

A

Give molecules a sweet smell

25
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what do Amines do?

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Dye things and make medicines.

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