Organic Molecules

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Organic molecules

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Molecules containing carbon atoms

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Molecular Formula

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A chemical formula that indicates the element and numbers of each of the atoms in a molecule

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Structural formula

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Shows which atoms are attached to which within the molecule. Atoms are represented by their chemical symbols and lines are used to represent all bonds that hold the atoms together

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Condensed structural formula

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Shows the way in which atoms are bonded together in the molecule, but does not show all bond lines

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Hydrocarbon

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Organic compounds that consist of hydrogen and carbon only

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Homologous series

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A series of organic compounds that can be described by the same general formula

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Saturated compounds

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Compounds in which there are no multiple bonds between C atoms in their hydrocarbon chains

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Unsaturated compounds

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Compounds with one or more multiple bonds between C atoms in their hydrocarbon chains

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Functional group

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A bond or an atom or group of atoms that determine(s) the physical and chemical properties of a group of organic compounds

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Structural isomer

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Organic molecules with the same molecular formula, but different structural formulae

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Chain isomers

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Same molecular formula, but different types of chains

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Positional isomers

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Same molecular formula, but different positions of the side chain, substituents or functional groups on the parent chain

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Functional isomers

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Same molecular formula, but different functional groups

Question 14

Cracking of alkanes

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The chemical process in which longer chain hydrocarbon molecules are broken down into shorter more useful molecules