T3: Organic Molecular Structures Flashcards
Define ORGANIC MOLECULES
Molecules containing carbon atoms
Name the three ways in which you can express the formulae of an compound
- Structural formulae
- Condensed structural formulae
- Molecular formulae
Define CONDENSED STRUCTURAL FORMULA
A notation that shows the way in which atoms are bonded together in a molecule, but does not show all bond lines
Name the following type of formula
Condensed structural formula
Define STRUCTURAL FORMULA (3)
- formula of a compound that shows which atoms are attached to which within the molecule.
- Atoms are presented by their chemical symbols.
- Lines are used to represent all the bonds that hold the atoms together
Name the following type of formula
Structural formula
Define MOLECULAR FORMULA
A chemical formula that indicates the element and numbers of each of the atoms in a molecule
Name the following type of formula
Molecular formula
Define HYDROCARBON
Organic compounds that consist of hydrogen and carbon only
Define HOMOLOGOUS SERIES
-A series of organic compounds
- that can be described by the same general formula
OR
- in which one member differs fron the next with a CH2 group
Define SATURATED COMPOUNDS
Compounds in which there are no multiple bonds between carbon atoms
in their hydrocarbon chain
Define UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS
Compounds with one of more multiple bonds between carbon atoms
In their hydrocarbon chain
define FUNCTIONAL GROUP (3)
- A bond or an atom or a group of atoms that
- determines the physical and chemical properties
- of a group of organic compounds
ALKANES
- Functional group description
- Suffix
- functional groups structure
- Only C-H and C-C single Bonds
- -ane
3.
ALKENES
- Functional group description
- Suffix
- functional groups structure
- C-C double bond
- -ene
3.
ALKYNES
- Description of functional group
- Functional group
- C-C tripple bond
HALOALKANES
- Functional group description
- Preffix (4) + suffix
- functional groups structure
- Halogen atom bonded to a carbon atom in an alkane
- F - fluoro
- Cl - chloro
- Br - bromo
- I - iodo
- -ane