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What are the different ways of representing organic compounds?

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Types of formula:

  1. general formula
  2. empirical formula
  3. molecular formula
  4. structural formula
  5. skeletal formula
  6. displayed formula
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General formula

  • What does it show you?
  • Formula for Butan-1-ol?
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  • An algebraic formula that can describe any member of a family of compounds
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Empirical formula

  • What does it show you?
  • Formula for Butan-1-ol?
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Molecular formula

  • What does it show you?
  • Formula for Butan-1-ol?
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Structural formula

  • What does it show you?
  • Formula for Butan-1-ol?
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Displayed formula

  • What does it show you?
  • Formula for Butan-1-ol?
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Skeletal formula

  • What does it show you?
  • Formula for Butan-1-ol?
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What is a functional group?

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a group of atoms in a molecule responsible for the characteristic reactions of that compounds.

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What is a homologous series?

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a homologous series is a group of organic compounds that have the same functional group and general formula.

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What is characteristic of a homologous series?

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Consecutive members of a homologous series differ by _CH2-

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What are alkanes?

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straight chain molecules that contain only carbon and hydrogen atoms

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What is the general formula of the 17th member of the alkanes?

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C17H(2x17)+2 =C17H36

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Wha rae the prefixes or suffixes of the following homologous series?

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What are the different types of carbon skeleton?

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What is it called if an aliphatic compound contains a ring?

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I an aliphatic compound contains a (non-aromatic) ring, then it is called alicyclic.

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What are the two differnt types of organic compound?

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Saturated - contains only C-C single bonds

Unsaturated - can contain C=C, (carbon-carbon double bonds), triple bonds or aromatic groups.

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What is an alkyl group?

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A fragment of a molecule with with a general formula CnH2n+1

18
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What is an alkyl group?

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19
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What is meant by the term nomenclature?

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Nomenclature is the naming of organic compounds.

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What are the rules of nomenclature?

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e.g. of nomenclature CH3CH(CH3)CH(CH2CH3)C(CH3)2OH

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22
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What are isomers?

What are the 2 types of isomers?

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  • molecules with the same molecular formula but with a diff. arrangement of atoms.
  • types:
    1. structural isomers - although the molecular is the same the structura formula (the way the atoms are arranged) is different.
    2. stereoisomers
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What are the structural arrangements of structural isomers?

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  1. chain isomers
  2. postional isomers
  3. functional group isomers
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What do you need to remember about chain isomers?

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What do you need to remeber about positional isomers?

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What do you need to remember about functional group isomers?

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Why do you get molecules that that look like isomeers that aren’t?
e.g.?

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  • Atoms can rotate as much as they like around singleC-C bonds.
  • Remember this when you work out structral isomers - sometimes what looks like an isomer, isn’t.

OCR mod. 4 Organic Chemistry (7 decks)

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