Terms and Definitions Flashcards
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Lewis Base
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A lone pair donor
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Lewis Acid
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A lone pair acceptor
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Alkanes
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Saturated hydrocarbons; containing only hydrogen and carbon; suffix= “ane”
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Cycloalkanes
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Ring of carbon atoms
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Substituents
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Projections off a main carbon chain; (add -yl to parent name to represent an alkyl substituent)
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Isomers
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Molecules with the same molecular formula that differ in some important way
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Constitutional Isomers
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Differ in the order of atom connections
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Conformational Isomers
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Differ in relative 3-D orientation of atoms (same order of atom connection)
