U4.1a Organic Compounds

Question 1

Organic Compound

Answer 1

have a hydrocarbon structure and can contain functional groups

Question 2

Locants

Answer 2

Numerical identifiers used in the systematic naming of organic compounds to specify the positions of substituents or functional groups. (e.g. 3-methylpentane (attached to the 3rd carbon out of the 5 carbons)

Question 3

Structural Isomers

Answer 3

Same molecular formula but a different bonding arrangement among the atoms

Question 4

Stereoisomers

Answer 4

Identical molecular formulas and arrangements of atoms. They differ from each other only in the spatial orientation of groups in the molecule.

Question 5

Enantiomer

Answer 5

A pair of molecules that exist in two forms that are mirror images of one another but cannot be superimposed one upon the other

Question 6

Cis Geometrical Isomerism

Answer 6

Molecules with the same connectivity of atoms. They feature same side groups placed on the same side of a double bond. Polar

Question 7

Trans Geometrical Isomerism

Answer 7

molecules with same side groups placed on opposite sides of a double bond. Non-Polar