carbon chemistry

Question 1

aldehydes

Answer 1

double oxygen at the end of chain

Question 2

ketones

Answer 2

double oxygen in the middle of chain

Question 3

structural isomer

Answer 3

same molecular formula different structural formula

Question 4

stereoisomer

Answer 4

same structural formula but different arrangement of atoms in a space

Question 5

geometric isomer

Answer 5

restricted rotation about a double bond carbon with two different groups attached

Question 6

optical isomer

Answer 6

a pair of non-superimposable mirror image forms

Question 7

chiral centre

Answer 7

four different atoms or groups stretched to a carbon atom