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What do all organic compounds have in common?

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They all contain the element carbon

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What is organic chemistry?

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Chemistry of compounds derived from living systems

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How are organic materials produced?

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Through fractions of cruse oil

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Why is carbon so special?

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Group 14 - 6 atomic number (4 electrons in outer shell) and therefore can form up to 4 covalent bonds - single, double or triple and can bond to other carbons to create long chains and can bond to other atoms such as oxygen, nitrogen and halogens

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What is a hydrocarbon?

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Compound containing only hydrogen and carbon

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What are saturated hydrocarbons?

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Has single covalent bonds between the carbons

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What is an unsaturated hydrocarbon?

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Contains carbon-to-carbon multiple bonds (covalent)

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What is a homologous series?

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Family of compounds with similar chemical properties whose successive members differ by the addition of a -CH2- group (SAME FUNCTIONAL GROUP)

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Alkanes

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Single carbon to carbon bonds (CnH2n+2) ; methane CH4 + CH2 (ethane C2H6) + CH2 (propane C3H8)

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Bond angle around carbon in alkane

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Tetrahedral 109.5 degrees (no lone pairs)

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What is a functional group?

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Part of the organic molecule that is largely responsible for the molecule’s chemical properties - carbon can bond to other elements (nitrogen, halogens, oxygen etc) that forms other functional groups

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Amine functional group

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NH2

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Alcohol functional group

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OH

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IUPAC

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Organisation who recognised need for standardisation of the names of compounds - allows chemists across the globe to communicate clearly

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Aliphatic hydrocarbons

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CARBON ATOMS are joined to each other in unbranched (straight) or branched or non-aromatic rings (THIS IS REFERRED AS ALICYCLIC)

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Alicyclic hydrocarbons

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CARBON ATOMS joined together in ring structure with or without branches - TYPE OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS

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Aromatic hydrocarbons

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SOME/ALL OF CARBON ATOMS found in a benzene ring - special class (all other rings are aliphatic and alicyclic)

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3 homologous series of aliphatic hydrocarbons

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Alkanes (single C-C bond)
Alkenes (C=C bond)
Alkynes (at least 1 triple C C bond)

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Stem, prefix and suffix

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Stem - longest continuous chain in molecule
Prefix - added before chain (presence of side chain)
Suffix - indicates functional group

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How to name an aliphatic alkane?

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Suffix = “ane”
Identify parent chain (longest chain)
Identify any side chains - alkyl groups have one hydrogen atom removed from the parent chain - THIS IS PREFIX
Add numbers before alkyl group to indicate position

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When two or more side chains are added…

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di- (2)
tri- (3)
tetra- (4)

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What if there are two or more possible chains of same length?

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CHAIN WITH MOST BRANCHES

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How to order numbers?

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Position - alkyl group
Use comma to separate numbers
Alkyl groups are ordered alphabetically (ethyl before methyl)

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How to name alicyclic alkanes?

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Same as aliphatic alkanes but prefix cyclo- in front of stem is used to show that carbons are arranged in a ring structure

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Difference between naming alkenes and alkanes?
Suffix is ene and position of C=C bond in the chain MUST BE STATED FOR ALKENES THAT HAVE 4 OR MORE CARBON ATOMS IN LONGEST CHAIN
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How to name alkenes?
Identify the suffix (ene) Look at stem parent chain Look at where double bond is between - lowest number is used Combine stem+position+suffix for final hydrocarbon
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What if there are two groups coming off one carbon in parent chain?
The Carbon is by itself | If there was one group it would be CH
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How to write structural formula of 3-methylhex-2-ene?
MAKE SURE THAT DOUBLE BOND IS CONNECTED TO CH NOT CH2 (ALWAYS CHECK IF CARBON HAS A VALENCY OF 4)
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How to number alkyl groups on alicyclic compounds?
Lowest numbers - start from the double bond if alkene (give that the lowest number)
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Does the “di/tri” part take part in alphabetical ordering?
NO ONLY THE ACTUAL GROUPS
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Alkene functional group
C=C (suffix is ene)
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Alcohol functional group
-OH (hydroxyl prefix and -ol suffix)
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Haloalkane functional group
-cl, -br, -I (chloro/bromo/iodo prefixes)
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Aldehyde functional group
H-C=O (CHO - suffix is “al”)
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Ketone functional group
-C(C=O)C- O attached to C double bond with 2 single carbon bonds to central C Ends in one
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Carboxylic acid functional group
-COOH (ending in oic acid)
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Ester
-COOC- Central C atom double bond with O and single bond with O attached to C Ends in “oate”
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Acyl chloride
COCl Central C double bond to O and single bond to Cl Ends in oyl chloride
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Amine functional group
NH2 ends in amine and starts with amino
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Nitrile functional group
CN - ends in nitrile
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How do we number functional group?
Butan-2-ol for example (where OH is on second carbon)
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Aldehydes
DO NOT NEED NUMBERS TO SHOW POSITION OF CARBONYL (H-C=O) GROUP THE CARBON ON ALDEHYDE IS AUTOMATICALLY NUMBERED AS 1
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Displayed formulae
Every atom and bond shown to give a clear picture of how atoms are bonded
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Molecular formula
Shows the number and type of each element present in a molecule - DOES NOT SHOW HOW ATOMS ARE JOINED TOGETHER ; different molecules can have the same molecular formula Ethanol molecular formula = C2H6O
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Empirical formula
Simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element present in a compound Alkenes (CH2) Glucose empirical formula is CH2O
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What is the general formula?
Simplest algebraic formula for any member of a homologous series ; can be used to GENERATE THE MOLECULAR FORMULA
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General formula for alkanes?
CnH2n+2
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General formula for alcohols
CnH2n+1OH
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General formula of carboxylic acids
CnH2nO2
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Ketone general formula
CnH2nO (Look at propanone)
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Difference between general and molecular formula for alcohols?
GENERAL FORMULA IS CnH2n+1OH BUT MOLECULAR FORMULA IS CnH2n+2O
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Carboxylic acid numbering
Always numbered 1 like with aldehydes
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Displayed formula
Shows relative position of all atoms and bonds between them
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Structural formula
Uses smallest amount of detail necessary to show arrangement of atoms in a molecule - shows clearly which groups are bonded together
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Butane structural formula
CH3(CH2)2CH3
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Molecules can have same molecular formula but…
Different structural formula
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What detail do you remove in a skeletal formula?
All of the carbon and hydrogen labels and any bonds to hydrogen atoms
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What does end of line in a skeletal formula represent?
CH3 group
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How to represent alicyclic and aromatic compounds?
Draw shape and add any carbons in for alkene - benzene can be represented as ALTERNATING DOUBLE BONDS (AROMATIC) or with a circle within hexagon
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Are functional groups included in skeletal formula?
YES THEY MUST BE SHOWN
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Benzene formula
C6H6
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Isomers
Different compounds with the same molecular formula
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Structural isomers
Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulae
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C4H10 isomers
Butane and 2-methylpropane ; the molecular formula does not unambiguously identify the STRUCTURE
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How are different isomers with functional groups arranged?
The functional group may be at different positions along the carbon chain
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Isomers with different functional groups?
Sometimes two molecules containing different functional groups have the same molecular formula ; aldehydes and ketones (C3H6O)
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What is a covalent bond?
Shared pair of electrons between two atoms - when chemical reaction occurs then bonds in the reactants break and new bonds form in the products ; can be broken through homolytic or heterolytic fission
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Homolytic Fission
Each of the bonded atoms takes one of the shared pair of electrons from the bond - each atom now has a single unpaired electron and this atom/group of atoms is called a radical
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Heterolytic fission
One of the bonded atom takes both of the electrons from the bond (this atom becomes a negative ion) and the atom that does not take electrons becomes a positive ion ; DEPENDENT ON WHICH IS MORE ELECTRONEGATIVE (δ- becomes the negative ion)
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Reaction mechanisms
They show how the reaction takes place
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Curly arrows
MOVEMENT OF ELECTROJ PAIRS - HETEROLYTIC
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Fish hook arrow
MOVEMENT OF SINGLE ELECTRONS - HOMOLYTIC FISSION
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Addition reaction
2 reactants join to form one product ; double bond is broken to form a single saturated compound
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Substitution reactions
Atom or group of atoms is simply replaced by another group of atoms
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Elimination reaction
1 reactant to 2 products Often double bond I’d formed Removal of a small molecule from a larger one
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WHAT TO REMEMBER ABOUT RADICALS
Always PUT THEM ON ATOM WITH THE UNPAIRED ELECTRON

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