Intro Flashcards
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Study of hydrocarbons and their derivatives.
Organic chemistry
Formerly defined as the branch of science concerned with substances
derived from living things (“Vital Force Theory”).
Organic chemistry
ORGANIC OR INORGANIC?
Solubility in non-polar
solvents
Organic
Organic or Inorganic?
Solubility in water
Inorganic
Organic or Inorganic?
High boiling point
Inorganic
Chemical basis of life.
CARBON
“King of all elements”
CARBON
Atomic number of Carbon? Atomic Mass?
6, 12
are different structural forms of the same element in the same physical state.
Allotropes - exist due to differences in atomic arrangement or bonding, which result in distinct physical and chemical properties.
Ability to bond successively to other carbon atoms to form chains and rings
of varying sizes.
catenation
Linkage of atoms of the same element into longer chains.
catenation
Formula giving the number of atoms of each of the elements present in one
molecule of a specific compound.
Molecular formula
Structural representation that shows how the various atoms in a molecule
are bonded to each other.
Structural formula
Shows all atoms
in a molecule
and all bonds
connecting the
atoms
Expanded structural formula
Uses grouping
of atoms and
the atoms
connected to
them are written
as a group
Condensed structural formula
Shows the arrangement and bonding of carbon atoms present but does not show the hydrogen atoms attached to the carbon atom
Skeletal structural bond
A line represents a carbon to carbon
bond and a carbon atoms is understood to be present at
every point where lines meet at the
ends of the lines.
Line angle structural formula
Sequence of atoms within a parent molecule that exhibits characteristic and predictable chemical behavior,
functional group
Compounds that contain only carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms.
Pure hydrocarbon
Compound that contains carbon and hydrogen and one or more additional
elements (O, N, S, F, Cl, etc.)
Hydrocarbon derivatives
are organic compounds that consist of carbon and hydrogen atoms arranged in open chains (straight or branched) or non-aromatic rings.
Aliphatic/Acyclic carbon chain
Used to determine if a compound is aromatic or not.
Huckel’s rule
Names derived from the structure, functional groups, or parent compounds.
Derived nomenclature
Uses the name given
when it is discovered. Traditional names based on historical usage or physical properties.
Common nomenclature