PRELIM 01 - Introduction to Organic Compounds Flashcards

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Is the study of compounds that contain the element carbon

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Organic chemistry

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2
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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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3
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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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4
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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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5
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The linkage of atoms of the same element into longer chains

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Catenation

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6
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Any atom that is not carbon or hydrogen

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Heteroatom

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7
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3 most common heteroatoms

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

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8
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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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9
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Contains C and H only

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Hydrocarbons

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10
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Have only C-C single bonds and no functional group

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Alkanes

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11
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Example of a simple alkane

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Ethane

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12
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Have a C-C double bond as their functional group

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Alkene

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13
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Example of a simple alkene

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Ethylene

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14
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Have a C-C triple bond as their functional group

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Alkyne

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15
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Example of a simple alkyne

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Acetylene

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16
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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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17
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Naming: -ane

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Alkane

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18
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Naming: -ene

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Alkene

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19
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Naming: -yne

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Alkyne

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20
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Naming: -ol

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Alcohol

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21
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Naming: -oxy -ane / -ether

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Ether

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22
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Naming: -ene oxide

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Epoxide

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23
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Naming: halo-

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Haloalkane/Alkyl halide

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24
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Naming: -al

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Aldehyde

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25
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Naming: -one

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Ketone

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26
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Naming: -oic acid

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Carboxylic acid

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27
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Naming: -oic anhydride

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Acid anhydride / Carboxylic acid anhydride

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28
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Naming: -yl -oate

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Ester

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29
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Naming: -amide

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Amide

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30
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Naming: -oyl halide/-oyl chloride

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Acyl halide/Acid chloride

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31
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Naming: -amine

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Amine

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32
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Naming: -nitrile

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Nitrile

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33
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Naming: -imine

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Imine/Schiff base

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34
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Naming: -yl isocyanate

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Isocyanate

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35
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Naming: azo-

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Azo compound

36
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Naming: -thiol

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Thiol

37
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Naming: -yl benzene

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Arene

38
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Naming: -phosphate

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Monophosphate

39
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Naming: -diphosphate

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Diphosphate

40
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Naming: -sulfide

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Sulfide

41
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Naming: -disulfide

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Disulfide

42
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Naming: -sulfoxide

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Sulfoxide

43
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Naming: -thioate

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Thioester

44
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Example of alkane

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Ethane

45
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Example of alkene

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Ethene

46
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Example of alkyne

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Ethyne

47
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Example of alcohol

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Ethanol

48
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Example of ether

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Methoxyethane; Dimethyl ether

49
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Example of epoxide

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Ethene oxide

50
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Example of haloalkane

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Chloroethane

51
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Example of aldehyde

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Ethanal

52
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Example of ketone

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Propanone

53
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Example of carboxylic acid

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Ethanoic acid

54
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Example of acid anhydride / carboxylic acid anhydride

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Ethanoic anhydride

55
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Example of ester

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Ethyl ethanoate

56
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Example of amide

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Ethanamide

57
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Example of acyl halide

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Ethanoyl chloride

58
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Example of amine

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Ethanamine

59
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Example of nitrile

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Ethanenitrile

60
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Example of imine

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Ethanimine

61
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Example of isocyanate

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Ethyl isocyanate

62
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Example of azo compound

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Azoethane

63
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Example of thiol

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Methanethiol

64
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Example of arene

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Ethyl benzene

65
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Example of monophosphate

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Methyl phosphate

66
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Example of diphosphate

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Methyl diphosphate

67
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Example of sulfide

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Dimethyl sulfide

68
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Example of disulfide

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Dimethyl disulfide

69
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Example of sulfoxide

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Dimethyl sulfoxide

70
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Example of thioester

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Methyl ethanethioate

71
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Bonding within molecules - Covalent

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Organic compound

72
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Bonding within molecules - Often ionic

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Inorganic compound

73
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Forces between molecules - Generally weak

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Organic compound

74
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Forces between molecules - Quite strong

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Inorganic compound

75
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Normal physical state - Gases, liquids, or low-melting point solids

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Organic compound

76
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Normal physical state - Usually high-melting-point- solids

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Inorganic compound

77
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Flammability - Often flammable

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Organic compound

78
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Flammability - Usually nonflammable

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Inorganic compound

79
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Solubility in water - Often low

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Organic compound

80
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Solubility in water - Often high

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Inorganic compound

81
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Conductivity of water solutions - Nonconductor

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Organic compound

82
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Conductivity of water solutions - Conductor

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Inorganic compound

83
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Rate of chemical reactions - Usually slow

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Organic compound

84
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Rate of chemical reactions - Usually fast

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Inorganic compound

85
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Compounds that are exceptions in organic chemistry

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Carbonate, Carbide, CO, CO2, cyanide, thiocyanate

86
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Compounds that are made in nature

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Natural compound

87
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Compounds that are made in the lab

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Synthetic compound