Organic Chemistry Basics Flashcards
1
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homologous series
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series of compounds with similar chemical properties whose successive members differ by the addition of -CH2- group
2
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saturated hydrocarbon
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only single C-C bonds
3
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unsaturated hydrocarbon
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has multiple C-C bonds
4
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aliphatic
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straight carbon chain
5
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alicyclic
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cyclic chain of carbons
6
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aromatic
A
benzene ring
7
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structural isomerism
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compunds with same molecular formula but different structure
8
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homolytic fission
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when a covalent bond breaks and each of the bonded atoms takes one of the shared pair electrons from the bond forming 2 identical radicals
9
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heterolytic fission
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when a covalent bond breaks and one of the bonded atoms take both the electrons from the bond
