PRELIM 01 - Introduction to Organic Compounds

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Is the study of compounds that contain the element carbon

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Organic chemistry

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4 common products of organic chemistry used in medicine

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Oral contraceptives, Plastic syringes, Antibiotics, Synthetic heart valves

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Compounds that are derived from living things and are impossible to synthesize

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Organic compounds

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A compound known to be excreted by mammals by heating ammonium cyanate, an inorganic mineral

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Friedrich Wöhler produced urea

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The linkage of atoms of the same element into longer chains

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Catenation

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Any atom that is not carbon or hydrogen

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Heteroatom

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3 most common heteroatoms

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Nitrogen, Oxygen, Halogens (F, Cl, Br, and I)

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Is an atom or a group of atoms with characteristic chemical and physical properties

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Functional group

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Contains C and H only

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Hydrocarbons

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Have only C-C single bonds and no functional group

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Alkanes

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Example of a simple alkane

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Ethane

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Have a C-C double bond as their functional group

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Alkene

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Example of a simple alkene

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Ethylene

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Have a C-C triple bond as their functional group

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Alkyne

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Example of a simple alkyne

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Acetylene

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Contain a benzene ring, a six-membered ring with three double bonds

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Aromatic hydrocarbons

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Naming: -ane

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Alkane

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Naming: -ene

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Alkene

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Naming: -yne

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Alkyne

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Naming: -ol

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Alcohol

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Naming: -oxy -ane / -ether

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Ether

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Naming: -ene oxide

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Epoxide

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Naming: halo-

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Haloalkane/Alkyl halide

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Naming: -al

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Aldehyde

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Naming: -one

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Ketone

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Naming: -oic acid

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Carboxylic acid

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Naming: -oic anhydride

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Acid anhydride / Carboxylic acid anhydride

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Naming: -yl -oate

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Ester

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Naming: -amide

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Amide

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Naming: -oyl halide/-oyl chloride

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Acyl halide/Acid chloride

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Naming: -amine

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Amine

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Naming: -nitrile

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Nitrile

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Naming: -imine

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Imine/Schiff base

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Naming: -yl isocyanate

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Isocyanate

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Naming: azo-

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Azo compound

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Naming: -thiol

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Thiol

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Naming: -yl benzene

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Arene

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Naming: -phosphate

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Monophosphate

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Naming: -diphosphate

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Diphosphate

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Naming: -sulfide

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Sulfide

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Naming: -disulfide

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Disulfide

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Naming: -sulfoxide

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Sulfoxide

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Naming: -thioate

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Thioester

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Example of alkane

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Ethane

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Example of alkene

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Ethene

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Example of alkyne

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Ethyne

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Example of alcohol

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Ethanol

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Example of ether

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Methoxyethane; Dimethyl ether

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Example of epoxide

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Ethene oxide

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Example of haloalkane

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Chloroethane

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Example of aldehyde

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Ethanal

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Example of ketone

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Propanone

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Example of carboxylic acid

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Ethanoic acid

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Example of acid anhydride / carboxylic acid anhydride

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Ethanoic anhydride

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Example of ester

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Ethyl ethanoate

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Example of amide

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Ethanamide

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Example of acyl halide

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Ethanoyl chloride

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Example of amine

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Ethanamine

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Example of nitrile

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Ethanenitrile

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Example of imine

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Ethanimine

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Example of isocyanate

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Ethyl isocyanate

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Example of azo compound

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Azoethane

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Example of thiol

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Methanethiol

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Example of arene

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Ethyl benzene

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Example of monophosphate

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Methyl phosphate

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Example of diphosphate

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Methyl diphosphate

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Example of sulfide

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Dimethyl sulfide

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Example of disulfide

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Dimethyl disulfide

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Example of sulfoxide

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Dimethyl sulfoxide

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Example of thioester

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Methyl ethanethioate

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Bonding within molecules - Covalent

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Organic compound

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Bonding within molecules - Often ionic

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Inorganic compound

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Forces between molecules - Generally weak

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Organic compound

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Forces between molecules - Quite strong

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Inorganic compound

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Normal physical state - Gases, liquids, or low-melting point solids

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Organic compound

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Normal physical state - Usually high-melting-point- solids

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Inorganic compound

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Flammability - Often flammable

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Organic compound

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Flammability - Usually nonflammable

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Inorganic compound

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Solubility in water - Often low

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Organic compound

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Solubility in water - Often high

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Inorganic compound

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Conductivity of water solutions - Nonconductor

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Organic compound

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Conductivity of water solutions - Conductor

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Inorganic compound

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Rate of chemical reactions - Usually slow

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Organic compound

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Rate of chemical reactions - Usually fast

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Inorganic compound

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Compounds that are exceptions in organic chemistry

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Carbonate, Carbide, CO, CO2, cyanide, thiocyanate

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Compounds that are made in nature

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Natural compound

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Compounds that are made in the lab

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Synthetic compound