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11.1 Carbon compounds
What is special about the element...,
Why are carbon hydrogen bonds str...,
What are 3 ways carbon can form b...
17  cards
11.2 Nomenclature
What is iupac,
What is the root of a hydrocarbon...,
What are the prefixes added for a...
16  cards
11.3 Isomerism
What is an isomer,
What are the two types of isomers,
What are structural isomerswhat a...
12  cards
12.1 Alkanes
What are alkanes,
What is the general formula of al...,
Describe the unbranched chain str...
12  cards
12.2 Fractional distillation of crude oil
What functional group make up cru...,
Why is crude oil a fossil fuelhow...,
How can acid rain be formed from ...
7  cards
12.3 Industrial cracking
Which are more useful long carbon...,
What is cracking,
What are alkenes used for in indu...
11  cards
12.4 Combustion of alkanes
Describe reactivity of alkanes,
Shorter alkanes burn completely i...,
Describe relationship between len...
16  cards
12.5 The formation of halogenalkanes
When you put a mixture of an alka...,
What happens when hexane and brom...,
Why don t alkanes and halogens re...
13  cards
13.1 Halogenoalkanes properties
What are some uses of halogenoalk...,
What is the structure of a haloge...,
How would you name a halogenoalkane
14  cards
13.2 Nucleophilic substitution in halogenoalkanes
What is a nucleophile,
What are the 3 nucleophiles i nee...,
What is a reaction mechanism
15  cards
13.3 Elimination reactions in halogenoalkanes
What two ways do halogenoalkanes ...,
What happens in an elimination re...,
Elimination reaction with oh ion ...
15  cards
14.1 Alkenes
What are alkenes,
Why are alkenes more reactive tha...,
What shape is ethene
14  cards
14.2 Reactions of alkenes
Do alkenes combust in air,
Describe electrophilic addition r...,
What are electrophiles
17  cards
14.3 Addition polymers
What are polymers,
What are addition polymers,
What happens during addition poly...
12  cards
15.1 Alcohols
What is the functional group of a...,
When naming alcohols what is the ...,
What is the name of the alcohol f...
11  cards
15.2 Ethanol production
Why are alcohols important in ind...,
What is ethanol used for,
How is ethanol made in industrywh...
10  cards
15.3 Reactions of alcohols
How do alcoholss burn in enough o...,
Give equation for complete combus...,
What is an elimination reaction
24  cards
16.1 Organic analysis
Test for a double carbon bond in ...,
Test for aldehydes,
Test for a halogenoalkane
5  cards
16.2 Mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometry can be used to ...,
How are the results of their time...,
Describe mass spectrum of ethanol
8  cards
16.3 Infrared spectroscopy
What is infrared spectroscopy use...,
How does infrared spectroscopy re...,
How can you get a reading from th...
9  cards
25.1 Naming organic compounds
What are alkynesgeneral formulaho...,
What are anhydrides,
What do esters sound like when names
5  cards
25.2 Optical Isomerism
What are isomers,
What is stereoisomerismtwo types,
When does optical isomerism occur
8  cards
25.3 Synthesis of optically active compounds
What is a racemate or racemic mix...,
How is lactic acid aka2 hydroxypr...,
What is stage 2 of the
7  cards
26.1 Compounds containing the carbonyl group
What is a carbonyl groupwhere is ...,
What is the difference between al...,
Describe boiling points of aldehy...
5  cards
26.2 Reactions of carbonyl group in aldehydes and ketones
Many reactions are nucleophilic a...,
Describe nucleophilic addition of...,
Is the product of this reaction r...
12  cards
26.3 Carboxylic acids and esters
What two functional groups do car...,
When naming carboxylic acids if t...,
Are carboxylic acids soluble in w...
8  cards
26.4 Reactions of carboxylic acids and esters
Why are carboxylic acids reactive,
What is formed is a hydrogen from...,
Where is the position of equilibr...
20  cards
26.5 Acylation
What is acylationwhat is acyl group,
What are acid derivitives,
How do acid derivatives react
10  cards
27.1 Introduction to arenes
Formula of benzene,
Why did the structure of benzene ...,
Structure of benzene
7  cards
27.2 Arenes: Physical properties, naming and reactivity
What state and colour is benzene ...,
Why does benzene have a much high...,
Are arenes soluble in water
6  cards
27.3 Reactions of arenes
How are arenes combusted,
Why is electrophilic substitution...,
Describe mechanism of electrophil...
7  cards
28.1 Introduction to amines
In what way are amines related to...,
What are primary secondary and te...,
How are amines named
8  cards
28.2 The properties of amines as bases
Why are amines bronsted lowry bases,
What is formed when,
What does the strength of a base ...
6  cards
28.3 Amines as nucleophiles and their synthesis
How do amines act as nucleophiles,
When are primary aliphatic amines...,
The primary amine produced from t...
4  cards

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