11. Basic Concepts Of Organic Flashcards
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Hydrocarbon
Compound containting hydrogen and carbon only
Saturated hydrocarbon
Hydro carbon containing single bonds only
Unsaturated hydrocarbon
Hydrocarbon Containing a carbon-carbon double/triple bond
Homologous series
Series Compunds with similar chem properties
Each member Differs by an addition of a CH2 group
Functional group
Section responsible for most chemical properties
Aliphatic hydrocarbons
The carbons atoms are joint in a straight or branched chain
Alicyclic hydrocarbons
Carbon atoms joined in a ring structure
Aromatic hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbon involving a benzene ring
Alkynes
Contains at least one triple c-c bond
Alkyl group
Side chains attached to the main chain
Whats the prefix for alicyclic compounds
Cyclo-
What is the suffix and functional group of an Alkene
C=C ,-ene
What is the suffix and functional group of an Alcohol
-OH , -ol
What is the functional group of a Haloalkane
-Cl , -Br, -I ,
What is the suffix and functional group of an Aldehyde
-CHO , -al
What is the suffix and functional group of a Ketone
-C(CO)c- , -one
What is the suffix and functional group of a Carboxylic Acid
-COOH , -oic acid
What is the suffix and functional group of an Ester
-COOC- ,
Alcohol section goes to -yl
Carboxylic acid section goes to -oate
What is the suffix and functional group of an Acyl chloride
-COCl , -oyl chloride
What is the suffix and functional group of a primary amine
-NH2, -amine
What is the suffix and functional group of a Nitrile
-CN, -nitrile
Molecular formula
Actual Number and type of atoms of each element in a molecule
Empirical formula
Simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element in a compound
General formula
Simplest algebraic formula for memebers of a homologousi series
