Thiols and disulfides Flashcards
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what are thiols?
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carbon chain with -SH substituent
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how do we name -thiols?
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add -thiol to the end of parent name
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Because natural gas is odorless, what gets added to give it an oder?
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usually methanethiol
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do thiols take numbering priority over alchols?
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no, alcohols have higher numbering priority
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what is a thiol called when it is a substituent?
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-mercapto-
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red line doesn’t mean anything
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when a thiol gets oxidized, what does it form?
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a disulfide
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what are the results of this reaction?
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