Intro Flashcards

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Study of hydrocarbons and their derivatives.

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Organic chemistry

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Formerly defined as the branch of science concerned with substances
derived from living things (“Vital Force Theory”).

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Organic chemistry

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3
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ORGANIC OR INORGANIC?
Solubility in non-polar
solvents

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Organic

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4
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Organic or Inorganic?
Solubility in water

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Inorganic

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5
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Organic or Inorganic?
High boiling point

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Inorganic

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6
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Chemical basis of life.

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CARBON

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7
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“King of all elements”

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CARBON

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8
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Atomic number of Carbon? Atomic Mass?

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6, 12

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9
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are different structural forms of the same element in the same physical state.

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Allotropes - exist due to differences in atomic arrangement or bonding, which result in distinct physical and chemical properties.

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10
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Ability to bond successively to other carbon atoms to form chains and rings
of varying sizes.

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catenation

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11
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Linkage of atoms of the same element into longer chains.

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catenation

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12
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Formula giving the number of atoms of each of the elements present in one
molecule of a specific compound.

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Molecular formula

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13
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Structural representation that shows how the various atoms in a molecule
are bonded to each other.

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Structural formula

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14
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Shows all atoms
in a molecule
and all bonds
connecting the
atoms

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Expanded structural formula

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15
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Uses grouping
of atoms and
the atoms
connected to
them are written
as a group

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Condensed structural formula

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16
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Shows the arrangement and bonding of carbon atoms present but does not show the hydrogen atoms attached to the carbon atom

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Skeletal structural bond

17
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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.

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Line angle structural formula

18
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Sequence of atoms within a parent molecule that exhibits characteristic and predictable chemical behavior,

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functional group

19
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Compounds that contain only carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms.

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Pure hydrocarbon

20
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Compound that contains carbon and hydrogen and one or more additional
elements (O, N, S, F, Cl, etc.)

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Hydrocarbon derivatives

21
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are organic compounds that consist of carbon and hydrogen atoms arranged in open chains (straight or branched) or non-aromatic rings.

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Aliphatic/Acyclic carbon chain

22
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Used to determine if a compound is aromatic or not.

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Huckel’s rule

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Names derived from the structure, functional groups, or parent compounds.

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Derived nomenclature

24
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Uses the name given
when it is discovered. Traditional names based on historical usage or physical properties.

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Common nomenclature

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Systematic naming based on a set of standardized rules by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
IUPAC nomenclature
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Cylobutadiene = Aromatic or NOT?
NOT
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Benzene = Aromatic or NOT?
YES
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Naphthalene = Aromatic or NOT?
YES
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Based on: ➢ Longest continuous carbon chain or parent chain. ➢ Use of numbers ➢ Use of Carbon number prefixes
IUPAC Nomenclature
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Has General formula: CnH2n+2
ALKANE
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Alkenes with one Hydrogen atom is removed. * Can participate in Van der Waals interaction and hydrophobic binding.
alkyl groups
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