Organic Molecules Flashcards
Organic Molecules
Organic Molecules are molecules containing carbon atoms.
Molecular Formula
Molecular formula is a chemical formula that indicates the element and numbers of each of the atoms in a molecule.
Structural Formula
A structural formula of a compound shows which atoms are attached to which within the molecule. Atoms are represented by their chemical symbols and lines are used to represent ALL the bonds that hold the atoms
together.
Condensed Structural Formula
Condensed structural formula is notation that shows the way in which atoms are bonded together in the molecule, but DOES NOT SHOW ALL bond lines.
Hydrocarbon
Hydrocarbons are organic compounds that consist of hydrogen and carbon only.
Homologous Series
A Homologous Series is a series of organic compounds that can be described by the same general formula or in which one member differs from the next with a CH2 group.
Saturated Compunds
Saturated Compounds are compounds in which there are no multiple bonds between C atoms in their hydrocarbon chains.
Unsaturated Compounds
Unsaturated Compounds are compounds with one or more multiple bonds between C atoms in their hydrocarbon chains.
Functional Group
Functional Group is a bond or an atom or a group of atoms that determine(s) the physical and chemical properties of a group of organic compounds.
Structural Isomer
Structural Isomers are organic molecules with the same molecular formula, but different structural formulae.
Chain Isomer
Chain Isomers organic molecules with the same molecular formula, but different types of chains.
Positional Isomers
Positional Isomers are organic molecules with the same molecular formula, but different positions of the side chain, substituents or functional groups on the parent chain.
Functional Isomers
Functional Isomers are organic molecules with the same molecular formula, but different functional groups.
Use of alkanes
Alkanes are used as fuels.
