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Topic 7 - Organic Chemistry Flashcards

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What is a hydrocarbon?

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A molecule that is formed only from hydrogen and carbon

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What are the first four alkanes?

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Methane
Ethane
Propane
Butane

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What is the formula for alkanes?

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CnH2n+2

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What are saturated compounds?

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Each carbon atom has four single bonds, no double bonds

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What are the properties of alkanes as chin size increases?

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Boiling point increases
Volatility decreases due to high boiling point
Flammability decreases
Viscosity increases

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6
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What is the formula for complete combustion?

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Hydrocarbon + oxygen -> Co2 + water

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7
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What is fractional distillation?

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The process of separating crude oil into its hydrocarbon components

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8
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How is crude oil made?

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Plankton that died millions of years ago and got buried.
They got turned into crude oil by high temperatures and pressures
They can be drilled out of the rock

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9
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What are the key features of fractional distillation?

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A fractional column that is cooler toward the top.
Hydrocarbons will condense into a liquid a certain points when the become cooler than there boiling points

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10
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What is cracking?

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Cracking is a thermal decomposition reaction which uses heat to break down hydrocarbons

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What are the two types of cracking?

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Steam cracking
Catalytic cracking

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12
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What are the steps to catalytic cracking?

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Vaporise the alkanes
Pass over aluminium oxide powder
This causes them to split apart

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13
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What are the steps of steam cracking?

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Vaporised alkanes
Mix with steam
Heat to high temp so alkanes are split

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What is an alkene?

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An hydrocarbon with a double bonded carbon

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15
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What is the formula for alkenes?

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CnH2n

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16
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What forms during cracking?

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An alkane and an alkene

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17
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Are alkenes saturated or unsaturated and why?

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Unsaturated because they contain two fewer hydrogen atoms than the alkane with the same number of carbon atoms.

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18
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What are the difference between alkanes and alkenes?

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Alkenes are more reactive so when added to bromine water it will turn from orange to colourless
Alkenes can be added together to form polymers by breaking their double bond

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19
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What is the test for alkenes?

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Adding them to bromine water should turn it colourless

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20
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What are the three types of addition reactions with alkenes?

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Hydrogen
Water
Halogen

21
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Explain the addition reaction with alkenes and hydrogen

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Hydrogen and alkene passed over catalyst to from alkane

22
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Explain the addition creation with alkene and water

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Ethene and water over catalyst with high temperatures from ethanol

23
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How can you separate water and ethanol

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With fractional distillation

24
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Explain the addition reaction with an alkene and a halogen

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Ethene and bromine into colourless dibromoethane - an alkane. This is how the test for alkenes takes place.

25
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Do alkenes react with oxygen and how?

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Yes, the react with oxygen in combustion reactions but they produce smoky flames due to incomplete combustion.

26
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How can alkenes make polymers?

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By addition polymerisation

27
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What is addition polymerisation?

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The process in which many small monomers join together right form very large polymers

28
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What functional group does an alcohol contain?

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An OH

29
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What is the general formula for an alcohol group?

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CnH2n+1OH

30
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What happens when an alcohol reacts in air?

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Combustion reaction where alcohol and oxygen form carbon dioxide and water

31
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What happens when an alcohol is added to water?

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The alcohol will dissolve into water with and have a neutral pH

32
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What happens when an alcohol reacts with an oxidising agent?

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It forms a carboxylic acid

33
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What happens when an alcohol reacts with sodium?

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It forms hydrogen and a salt e.g sodium ethoxide

34
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What is condensation polymerisation?

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Involves the use of two functional groups and usually loses a small molecule like water

35
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What is needed for condensation polymers?

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Each monomer has to have at least two functional groups. And there overall needs to be two different functional groups.

36
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How can ethanol be created by fermentation and what are the necessary conditions?

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Fermentation of sugar using yeast cells. Around 30-40 degrees for optimum temperature of enzymes and anaerobic conditions so the thankless isn’t oxidised.

37
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How can ethanol be produced using steam?

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Needs a temp of 300c and 60-70 atmospheres pressure over a catalyst. Reacts ethene with steam

38
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What is the functional group for a carboxylic acid and what is the end of the name of a chemical in the series?

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COOH and ends in ..anoic acid

39
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What are carboxylic acids weak?

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Because they don’t fully ionise.

40
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What happens when a carboxylic acid reacts with a metal carbonate and give an example?

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Carboxylic acid + metal carbonate -> salt. + water + carbon dioxide

Ethanoic acid +. Potassium carbonate -> potassium ethanoate + water + carbon dioxide

41
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How are carboxylic acids made?

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By reacting an alcohol with an oxidising agent to add thee required oxygen for the functional group

42
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What is the functional group of an ester?

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COO

43
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What are the properties of esters?

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Easily evaporate, volatile and have pleasant smells

44
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How are esters made and what happens during the reaction?

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Reacting a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. The acid loses a PH group. And the alcohol loses a Hydrogen to form a water molecule.

45
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What are three naturally occurring polymers?

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Polypeptides, DNA, Carbohydrates

46
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What makes a polypeptide a polymer - how is it made?

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The reaction of amino acids by condensation polymerisation. This is because an amino acid contains a carboxylic acid group and a amino group.

47
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What are the monomers of DNA?

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Nucleotides

48
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How are carbohydrates a polymer - how are they made?

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They are made of monomers which are made of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. The monomers join together to form polysaccharides.

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