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ORGCHEM Flashcards

1
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TYPES OF STRUCTULAR FORMULA

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Expanded/Lewis/Kekule/Line-bond
Condensed
Skeletal

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2
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CONDITIONS FOR BONDING

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  • Two electrons are needed to make a bond b/w 2 atoms

- Each atoms must have unpaired orbital

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3
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HEADWAYS OVERLAP

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Sigma

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4
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How many bonds does sp3 hybridization form and what angle?

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FOUR SIGMA BONDS
109.5 tetrahedral
3D

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5
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FACTORS THAT AFFECT IMF

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  • Dipoles (incr. polarity)
  • Water solubility
  • Contact area/surface area
  • Bp, melting pt.,density
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6
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ORGANIC RXNS

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  • Synthesis / addition
  • Decomposition / elimination
  • Double displacement / substitution
  • Rearrangement - interchange of ions
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7
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TWO TYPES OF CLEAVAGE

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Homolytic

Heterolytic

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8
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Also known as paraffins therefore SATURATED

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Alkanes

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9
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STEPS IN FREE RADICAL SUBSTITUTION

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  • Initiation
  • Propagation
  • Termination
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10
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Also known as olefins therefore UNSATURATED

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Alkenes

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11
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Requires org solvent like CCl4 or DCM

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HALOGENATION

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12
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Requires catalyst like Pd or PtO2

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HYDROGENATION

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13
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Usually done w/ ether solvent

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HYDROHALOGENATION

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14
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Always ACID-CATALYZED; using HgOAc/NaBH4

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HYDRATION

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15
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Rule in adding HX to an asymmetric alkene, the major product has the H added to the less stable vinyl carbon

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MARKONIKOV’S RULE

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16
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HALOHYDRIN

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Halogen + H2O

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17
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KMnO4 and BASE

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MILD OXIDATION

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18
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Usually followed by HYDRATION; RCOOOR, RCOOH

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EPOXIDATION

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19
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Also known as acetylenes

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Alkynes

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20
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Disturbance or deviation from the ideal bond angles

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STRAINS

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21
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Strain/instability when 2 grps are so close to one another

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STERIC STRAIN/HINDRANCE

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22
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Where some e- are not just in a single place; continous moving

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DELOCALIZATIONS

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23
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Action done by the overall push or pull of e-

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INDUCTIVE EFFECT

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24
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2 or more cmpds that have the same mol. formula; diff structures

25
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Isomers with diff. connectivityq

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CONSTITUTIONAL ISOMERS

26
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Isomers diff. in functional grps

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FUNCTIONAL

27
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Isomers diff. only at the position/locant

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POSITIONAL

28
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ISOMERS THAT HAVE THE SAME CONNECTIVITY

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Sterioisomer

29
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2 TYPES OF STERIOISOMERS

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  • Conformational

- Configurational

30
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2 bonds overlapping one another; there’s a strain that want to separate them

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TORSIONAL STRAIN

31
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Aka CIS TRANS ISOMERS

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GEOMETRIC ISOMERS

32
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For prioritization in E/Z and optical isomers

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CAHN INGOLD PRELOG RULES

33
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Must have a chiral carbon/stereogenic center
Asymmetric
Sp3 carbon

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OPTICAL ISOMERS

34
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Mirror images (all chiral C are inverted) S to R; R to S

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ENANTIOMERS

35
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Combination of two enantiomers

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RACEMIC MIXTURE

36
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No real mirror images (only some chiral carbons are inverted)

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DIASTEREOMERS

37
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Have 2 chiral carbons that are mirrors of each other

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MESO COMPOUNDS

38
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For a cmpd to be aromatic it must be:

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Cyclic cmpd
PLANAR
sp2 hybridized

39
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States that in order for a cmpd to be aromatic it must have a 4n + 2 pi e-

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HUCKEL’S RULE

40
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Orig antiseptic by Lister

41
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Disinfectant Ex.Lysol; saponated form of cresol

42
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Well known astringent found in toners; closes pores temporarily

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HYDROQUINONE

43
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Analgesics/pain killers

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Salicylic acid & aspirin

44
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Precursor molecule that leads to salicylic acid

45
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PARABENS

Widely used as preservatives

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BENZOIC ACID

46
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Polyphenolic subs; powerful antioxidant effecrs

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FLAVONOIDS

47
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Major class of glycosides;cathartic

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ANTHRAQUINONES

48
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Rule that sates, in an elimination rxn the most substituted product will be the most stable therefore most favored

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ZAITSEV’S RULE

49
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Chloral hydrate use

50
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Inhale gen anesthetics

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HALOTHANE
ENFLURANE
DUSFLURANE
ISOFLURANE

51
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Constituents of all recreational drinks

52
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Rubbing alcohol

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Isopropyl alcohol

53
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Poison converted to oxalic acid w/c leads to kidney failure; antifreeze

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Ethylene glycol

54
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Used to determine partition coefficient

55
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Anticancer drug; antimetabolite

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Mercaptopurine

56
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Anti-thyroid drugs for hyperthyroidism

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Propylthiouracil

57
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Mucolytic; Ax to paracetamol poisoning

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N-acetylcysteine

58
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Oil of bitter almonds

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BENZALDEHYDE

59
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Ant bite pain

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FORMIC ACID

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