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CHY1101 - Organic chemistry

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Decks in this class (22)

Drawing and naming
What does a functional group dete...,
What is a hydrocarbon framework,
How do you draw a molecules
26  cards
Orbitals and hybridisation
What is an orbital,
What are orbitals often represent...,
What shape does an s orbital have
26  cards
Curly arrows
What is activation energy,
What are the two things that brin...,
When is there a drop in energy wi...
24  cards
Nucleophillic addition to carbonyls
What is the lumo,
What is the homo,
What is the key difference betwee...
52  cards
Delocalization and conjugation
What do p orbitals have to be in ...,
Why does the pi bond prevent rota...,
What is a conjugated system
15  cards
Acids and bases
What is a bronsted acid,
What is a bronsted base,
What is used to measure the stren...
51  cards
Nucleophilic substitution at carbonyl
What can esters be formed from,
How can acid anhydrides be made f...,
What nucleophile is required for ...
25  cards
Equilibria and rates
What is the equation for g,
What happens if g is negative,
What happens if g is positive
22  cards
Nucleophilic substitution with loss of carbonyl oxygen
Draw the mechanism for the nucleo...,
How do you make something a bette...,
What is keq for aldehydes is this...
23  cards
Stereochemistry and isomerism
What are constitutional isomers,
What are stereoisomers,
What are the steps for assigning ...
21  cards
Conformation
How can different conformations i...,
How can stereoisomers be intercon...,
What does a newman projection show
38  cards
Enols and Enolates
Chemistry involving enols and eno...,
What does tautomerism mean,
What is an enol
16  cards
Nucleophilic substitution: SN1
What are the basic steps of an sn...,
Which step is the rate determinin...,
Is the rate determining step reve...
47  cards
Nucleophilic substitution: SN2
What does the 2 stand for,
What does bimolecular mean,
What does the rate of reaction de...
44  cards
Nucleophilic substitution extras
Why can sn1 and sn2 reactions not...,
What must be done to the oh in or...,
How does protonation of the oh ma...
19  cards
Elimination reactions
What is an elimination reaction,
What does the nucleophile act as ...,
How many molecules are involved i...
54  cards
Elimination VS substitution
When can substitution and elimina...,
How can you ensure you either get...,
Where does the nucleophile attack...
17  cards
Addition to alkenes
What general product is formed wh...,
How does the reaction between an ...,
Where does bromine accept the ele...
50  cards
Alkenes and Peracids
What is a peracid,
What product is formed when you r...,
Where on a peracid is the nucleop...
18  cards
Reduction
What is reduction,
What is h,
Is h hard or soft why
26  cards
Hydrogenation
How do you control catalytic hydr...,
What do additives do,
What reaction conditions do you n...
39  cards
Oxidation
What does a secondary alcohol oxi...,
What is the colour change when a ...,
What oxidising agent is used for ...
36  cards

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