Unit Two Flashcards
Describe endo and exothermic reactions
Takes in heat= endo
Releases heat= exo
Hydrocarbons and alcohos that burn in plentiful supply of oxygen produce
Co2 and water
What is combustion
A substance that reacts w oxygen to produce energy
What are uses of carboxylic acids
Preparation of preservatives
Soaps
Medicines
Vinegar
Cleaning
Food
What is vinegars molecular formula
Ethanoic acid CH3COOH
what happens to carboxylic acids as they increase in size
Strength of intermolecular forces increase
Mp and Bp increase
Alcohol uses
Fuels
Solvents
What is the general formula for alcohols
CnH2n+1OH
Alkenes undergo addition reactions
What are they
Hydrogen forming alkanes hydrogenation
Halogens forming digaloalkanes
Water forming alcohols- hydration
What is the functional group of alkenes
Carbon to carbon double bond
General formula of alkanes
CnH2n+2
Cycloalkane properties
Saturated
Fuels and solvents
Insoluble in water
CnH2n
What is an isomer
A compound with the same molecular formula but different structure formula
What is a homologous series
A family of compounds with the same general formula and similar chemical properties
What are unsaturated hydrocarbons
Single carbon to carbon bond
