Organic Chemistry from Uni Flashcards
e fuck you whats a constitutional isomer, actual spastic honestly
compounds with same chemical formula but different order of attachment
in organic compounds what does prefix show
number of carbons in parent chain
in organic compounds what does infix show
nature of the bonding in the parent chain
in organic compounds what does suffix show
the functional group(s) present in the compound
infix -an-
all single bonds
infix -en-
one or more double bonds
infix -yn-
one or more triple bonds
constitutional isomerism
different compounds that have the same molecular formula
conformation
any 3 dimensional arragnement of atoms in a molecule that results in rotation about a single bond
eclipsed and staggered
eclipsed has steric repulsion
steric repulsion
what is a functional group
Additional atom or groups of atoms (containing elements in addition to H and C) found on a mostly hydrocarbon molecule
alcohol functional group
All alcohols contain the –OH group, these are attached to a carbon atom
Called Hydroxyl functional group
how are alcohols classifyed
Classified as primary (1°), secondary (2°) or tertiary (3°) depending on
how many C’s are attached to the carbon bearing the OH group (CH3OH is a
special case)
other functional groups containing double bonds
hydroxyl = alcohols
carbonyl = aldehydes and ketones
carboxyl = carboxylic acids
The Carbonyl Group
Aldehydes and ketones both contain the same functional group, the carbonyl
group (C=O), but they differ in the way that the carbonyl group is bonded to the rest of the molecule.
The functional group found in all Carboxylic Acids is the carboxyl group (—COOH). Acetic acid
no total valence electrons
NF3 = [1 x N (5e-)] + [3 x F (7e-)] = 5 + 21 = 26 valence
electrons
special properties of carbon
- forms strong bonds with many other elements and with itself. 2. has a variety of bonding modes - allows great structural variation.
- can combine to form chains and rings of carbon and other atoms.
alkane definiton
Alkane definition: A saturated hydrocarbon whose carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain (SH) only C-C single bonds. Nomenclature (ane: ending)
Constitutional Isomerism
Different compounds that have the same molecular formula For the hydrocarbons CH4 or C2H6 only one isomer is possible however,
Structural isomers = Constitutional Isomer
staggerred confimration
The staggered conformation is the most stable conformation because the
less –ve and –ve bond repulsion
Cyclolhexane is not a completely inflexible it can be twisted into two main
conformations: boat and chair.
The chair conformation is the most stable, why?
Both have 109.5
Deg C-bond angles
In the chair conformation, exists two types of positions the hydrogen atom can be in, one where the hydrogen is axial (perpendicular to the ring) and one where the hydrogen is equatorial (in the plane of the ring)
saturated hydrocarbons
alkanes