Test # 1 ch. 1- 4

Question 1

What is -OH?

Answer 1

Hydroxyl

Question 2

What is =CO?

Answer 2

Carbonyl

Question 3

What is -COOH?

Answer 3

Carboxyl

Question 4

What is -NH2?

Answer 4

Amino

Question 5

What is -SH?

Answer 5

Sulfhydryl

Question 6

What is -OPO3?

Answer 6

Phosphate

Question 7

What is “The study of carbon compounds”?

Answer 7

Organic Chemistry

Question 8

What is Organic Chemistry?

Answer 8

The study of carbon compounds

Question 9

What is vitalism?

Answer 9

Organic compounds arise only in living organisms.

Question 10

Carbon Skeleton

Answer 10

Straight or Branched, can have rings, can have double or single bonds, and varies in length.

Question 11

What is a Hydrocarbon?

Answer 11

Consists of hydrogen & carbon

Question 12

What is a major component of Petroleum?

Answer 12

Hydrocarbons

Question 13

What is an Isomer?

Answer 13

Compounds with different structures but the same molecular formula.

Question 14

What are compounds with different structures but have the same molecular formula?

Answer 14

Isomers

Question 15

What are Structural Isomers?

Answer 15

They have different arrangement of atoms.

Question 16

What is a Geometric Isomer?

Answer 16

They have the same number and types of atoms and bonds. Have different spatial arrangements.

Question 17

What are Enatiomers?

Answer 17

They are mirror images of each other. Very important in Pharmaceuticals.