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define empirical formula

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simplest whole number ratio of atoms of an element in a compound

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define molecular formula

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gives us the actual number of atoms of an element in a compound

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define displayed formula

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shows every atom and every bond in a molecule

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define structural formula

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shows arrangement of atoms in a molecule without showing every bond

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define skeletal formula

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drawn as lines with each vertex being a carbon atom. carbon atoms not drawn, assumed all carbon atoms has all unspecified bonds as C-H

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Give the suffixes for:
a) no double bond
b) at least one double bond
c) an alcohol
d) an aldehyde
e) a ketone
f) a carboxylic acid

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a) -ane
b) -ene
c) -ol
d) -al
e) -one
f) -oic acid

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Give the prefixes for:
A) CH3 group
B) C2H5 group
C) C3H7 group
D) C4H9 group
E) Cl group
F) Br group
G) I group

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A) methyl
B) ethyl
C) propyl
D) butyl
E) chloro
F) bromo
G) iodo

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Define structural isomerism

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When molecules have the same molecular formula but differnt structural formula

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What is positional isomerism

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Functional group is attached to the main chain at a different place

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What is functional group isomerism

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Same atoms but a different functional group due to a different arrangement of atoms

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What is chain isomerism

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Hydrocarbon chain organised differently e.g. branched chains

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Define stereoisomerism

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When molecules have the same structural and molecular formula, but have a different arrangement of atoms in space

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What is E-Z isomerism, and how are the E and Z isomers decided

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-E-Z isomerism is caused by the limited rotation about C=C double bonds.
- if the two substitutes with the highest molecular mass are on the same side of the double bond, it’s the Z (zusammen) isomer.
- if they are on different sides, it’s the E (entgegen) isomer.

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What is an Alkane

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A saturated hydrocarbons contains C-H bonds only

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What’s the general formula of an alkane?

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CnH2n+2

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Are their bonds polar? Why/why not?

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Nonpolar - carbon and hydrogen have similar electronegativities

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Which intermolecular forces do they have? Why?

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Only van der waals forces of attraction - bonds are non polar

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Are they soluble in water? Why?

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Insoluble because hydrogen bonds in water are stronger than alkanes van der waals forces of attraction

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How reactive are alkanes?

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Very unreactive

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Which reaction will alkanes undergo

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Combustion and reaction with halogens

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What is crude oil? How is it formed? Is it renewable? Why?

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-Mixture of fractions(hydrocarbons with similar boiling points and properties)
-formed at high temperatures and pressures deep below earth’s surfa e over millions of years so they’re non-renewable

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Name the fractions from high to low boiling point

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1) Gases - fuel on site
2) Gasoline/petrol/naphtha-cars
3) kerosene/paraffin- jet fuel, lighting
4) Diesal oil- lorries/taxis
5) lubricating oil/ waxes - candles, engine oil
6) Fuel oil ships, power stations
7) Tar/ bitumen -roads/roofing

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What is fractional distillation/how does it work?

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1)Crude oil is heated until most of it vaporises
2) it’s then passed into a fractionating tower that’s cooler at the top than the bottom liquid fractions are piped off at the bottom
3) vapour rises up the column and via trays and bubble caps- condense when temperature is more than their boiling point
4) The shortest chain hydrocarbons condense at the top as they have the lowest boiling point

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What is fracking, and how is it done?

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Natural gas held within shale rock drill into shale, force pressurised water and sand into rock to fracture it, collect gas. HCl and methanol added to break up shale and prevent corrosion.

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Pros/cons of fracking
Advantages - gas supply for many years, reducing imported gas and electricity Disadvantages -lots of traffic to local area - concern about the amount of water used - chemical additives can pollute water supplies -can cause small earthquakes
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Why are alkanes cracked?
To turn a long chain alkanes, with is not very economically valuable, to a shorter chain alkane and alkene
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What are the conditions for thermal cracking?
700-1200 K temperature Up to 7000 kPa pressure
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What are the main products of thermal cracking?
Alkenes
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What are the conditions for catalytic cracking?
Lower temperature (720K) Lower pressure( but above atmospheric) Zeolite catalyst with honeycomb structure to give a large surface area to volume ratio
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What are the main products of catalytic cracking?
Cycloalkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons, branches alkanes
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Write an equation for the combustion of propane
C3H8 + 5O2 --> 3CO2 + 4H20
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What is a fuel?
Something that releases heat energy when combusted
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What is incomplete combustion, and what products are formed in the case of alkanes?
Combustion in a limited supply of oxygen CO- carbon monoxide - poisonous C- carbon- particulates- soot- global dimming
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Which type of hydrocarbons are most likely to undergo incomplete combustion?
Longer chain hydrocarbons
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Why is carbon monoxide bad?
It's toxic/ poisonous
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What is the environmental impacts of nitrogen oxides?
Form nitric acid --> acid rain, photochemical smog
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What is the environmental impacts of sulfur impurities/ sulfur dioxide
Forms sulphuric acid which can cause acid rain
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What is the environmental impacts of soot(carbon)?
Asthma, global dimming
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What's the environmental impact of unburnt hydrocarbons?
Photochemical smog
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What is the environmental impacts of carbon dioxide?
Greenhouse gas, which causes global warming, increases global temperatures and speeds up climate change
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What are flue gases?
Gases given out by the power stations
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Write two equations for two different ways of desulfurising flue gases.
CaO(s)+2H2O(l)+SO2(g)+½O2(g)--> CaSO4.2H2O(s)
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What are catalytic converters made up of?
Platinum, palladium,and rhodium
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What do catalytic converters catalyse(equations)?
2CO(g)+2NO(g)-->N2(g)+2CO2(g) Hydrocarbons+NO-->N2+CO2+H2O
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What are greenhouse gases
Gases that trap infrared radiation, making the earth act like a greenhouse.
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How are haloalkanes formed from alkanes?
Free radical substitution
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What are the three stages of free radical substitution?
1)Initiation-breaking halogen bond to form free radicals 2)propagation-chain part of the reaction where products are formed but free radicals remains 3)termination-free radicals removed, stable product formed
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What are the conditions needed for the formation of a free radical chlorine atom?
Presence of UV light
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Write equations for the reaction of CH4 with Cl2 to form CH3Cl
Initiation:Cl2-->2Cl•(in presence of UV light) Propagation:Cl•+CH4-->HCl+•CH3 •CH3+Cl2-->CH3Cl+Cl• Termination: 2Cl•-->Cl2 •CH3+•CH3-->C2H6 •CH3+Cl•-->CH3Cl
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What's the job of the ozone layer?
Protects earth from harmful exposure to too much UV radiation
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How do CFCs break the ozone layer down?
Free radical substitution
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Write an equation for the overall decomposition of ozone into oxygen(O2)
2O3-->3O2
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Write free radical substitution equation to show how Cl free radicals catalyse the breakdown of O3
Cl2-->2Cl•(presence of UV light) Cl•+O3-->ClO•+O2 ClO•+O3-->2O2+Cl•
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Are haloalkanes soluble in water?
Insoluble as C-H bonds are non-polar, not compensated for enough by C-X bond polarity
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Do haloalkanes have a polar bond?why?
Yes polar, as halogen has a higher electronegativity than Carbon
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Which intermolecular forces do they have? Why?
Permanent dipole-dipole and van der waals forces of attraction. The C-X bond polarity created permanent dipoles
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When would haloalkanes have a higher boiling point?
Increase in carbon chain length Halogen further down group 7
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How would the mass of a haloalkane compare with the mass of an alkane of the same chain length?
Greater, because mass of halogen>mass of hydrogen
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What is the most important factor in determining the reactivity?
Carbon-halogen bond enthalpy
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What is the order of reactivity in haloalkanes?
The bond enthalpy of C-X decreases down the group, so reactivity increases down tye group
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What is a nucleophile
Electron pair donor
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Give three examples of nucleophiles
:OH :CN :NH3
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What is nucleophilic substitution?
A reaction where a nuclephile donates a lone pair of electrons to a delta positive carbon atom, delta negative atom leaves the molecule
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What are CFCs?
Chlorine-fluro-carbons- haloalkanes containing C,F and Cl only
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Whats the problem with CFCs
They catalyse the breakdown of the ozone in the atmosphere via free radical substitution
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What are CFCs being replaced with?
HCFCs(hydrogen,chlorine,fluorine,carbon) HFCs(hydrogen,fluorine,carbon)
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What are the conditions/reactants needed for the elimination reaction of haloalkanes?
Hot ethanolic sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide
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What is formed in the elimination reaction of haloalkanes?
Alkane, water and halogen ion
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What is an alkene?
Unsaturated hydrocarbons with a C=C double bond
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What is the general formula of an alkene?
CnH2n
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Why is there no rotation about the C=C double bond?
Due to the pi orbital- electron density above and below the single bond, it holds the carbon atoms in place
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Are they more or less reactive than alkanes? Why?
More reactive, due to high electron density of double bond and the fact that the pi-bond is slightly easier to break
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What intermolecular forces of attraction do they have?
Only van der waals due to non-polar bonds
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Are alkenes soluble in water? Why?
No, non-polar bonds( van der waals
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Name and describe the three kinds of isomers alkenes can have?
Chain isomers(branched chains) Position isomers(C=C on different carbon atom) Geometric E-Z isomers
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Write an equation for the complete combustion of pent-2-ene
CH3CH=CHCH2CH3 + 7½O2 —> 5CO2 + 5H2O
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What is a eletrophile?
Electron pair acceptor
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What is the most stable type of carbocation intermediate? Why?
The most stable carbonation is the one that's bonded to the most other carbon atom(tertiary carbocation)
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What product will be formed from which kinds of carbocations?
Tertiary carbocations
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What conditions are needed for the electrophilic addition of H2O to an alkene?
Acid Catalyst, usually phosphoric acid
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What are the products of the reaction
An alcohol
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What conditions are needed for the electrophilic addition of a hydrogen halide to an alkene?
Room temperature
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What conditions are needed for the electrophilic addition of a halogen molecule to an alkene?
Room temperature
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How does a molecule with a non-polar bond react as if it is an electrophil?
The C=C bond with a high electron density induces a temporary dipole in the halogen molecule
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How would you turn the product(from sulfuric acid + ethene) into a alcohol and how does it show that sulfuric acid catalyses the addition of water to an alkene?
Add water H2SO4 reforms
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What is an addition polymer?
Many monomers bonded together via rearrangement of bonds without the loss of any atom or molecule
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What are monomers? What form do they usually take?
Molecules that combine to form a polymer usually have a C=C bond which breaks to leave a repeating pattern
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What are plasticisrers
Small molecule that get between polymer chains to force them apart and allow them to slide over one another
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Why do things that contain mainly C-C and C-H bonds not decompose easily?
Bonds are non polar so are not attacked by enzymes
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Why is lack of biodegradabilty in compounds containing C-H and C-C bonds a problem?
Disposal is difficult
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What is the functional group of an alcohol group?
Hydroxyl Group -OH
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General formula of an alcohol group
CnH2n+1OH
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How does the boiling point of alcohol compare with other hydrocarbons?
Alcohols have a higher boiling point that other hydrocarbons because they have hydrogen bonding which are stronger intermolecular forces than Van der waals forces
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What makes an alcohol primary,secondary and tertiary?
Primary Alcohols - The Carbon bonded to OH is bonded to one other Carbon Secondary Alcohol - The Carbon bonded to OH is bonded to two other Carbons Tertiary Alcohol - The Carbon bonded to OH is bonded to three other Carbons
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How can ethanol be made from crude oil?
Hydration of ethene with steam ( Phosphoric acid catalyst )
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How can ethanol be made from glucose? and what are the conditions?
Fermentation of glucose in yeast Conditions - Enzymes - Anaerobic conditions - 35 C
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What's the equation for the fermentation of glucose in Yeast?
C6H12O6 ---> 2C2H5OH + 2CO2
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What does Carbon Neutral mean?
No Net emission of CO2 into the atmosphere CO2 released during combustion = CO2 absorbed by plants during Photosynthesis
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Why is it not entirely Carbon neutral to use ethanol?
Carbon emissions during transport
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How do you test for alkenes and what is the positive result?
- Add Bromine water to a sample containing alkenes Positive Result - if an alkene is present it will decolourise bromine water
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How do you test for haloalkanes and what is the positive result?
- add warm NaOH acidified with HNO3 - add AgNO3 Positive Result Precipitate of Ag-Halogen Cl= White precipitate Br= Cream precipitate I= Yellow precipitate
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How do you test for Alcohols and what is the positive result?
- add acidified potassium dichromate to a sample containing alcohol and heat it Positive Result - for primary and secondary alcohol the solution goes from orange to green
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Whats the test for aldehydes and what is the positive result?
1) Fehlings Soution Positive result -Brick red precipitate forms 2) Tollen's Reagent Positive result -Silver mirror forms
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How do you test for carboxylic acids and what is the positive result?
Add Sodium Carbonate or any carbonate Positive result - effervescence
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What is high resolution mass spectrometry?
mass spec that gives MR to 3 or 4 dp
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what does high res mass spec allow you to do?
Distinguish compounds that have the same MR to the nearest whole number, but are made up of different atoms and therefore have different values of MR
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Why do atoms and chemical bonds absorb infrared radiation?
The bonds are constantly vibrating- they can absorb infrared radiation that is of the same frequency of their vibration
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How does infrared spectroscopy work?
- Every bond has a unique vibration frequency in the infrared region of the EM spectrum - Bonds absorb radiation that is of the same frequency of their vibration - Infrared radiation that emerged from a sample is missing the frequencies that have been absorbed ---> this info can be used to find the compounds functional group
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what is the fingerprint region?
Area of the infrared spectrum below wavenumber of 1500cm-1 Many peaks, caused by complex vibrations of the whole molecule. unique to every compound

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