Organic Review Flashcards
(27 cards)
Hydrogen shares how many electrons?
1 (has 1)
Oxygen shares how many electrons?
up to 2 (has 6)
Nitrogen shares how many electrons?
Up to 3 (has 5)
Carbon shares how many electrons?
4 (has 4)
A white molecule represents what?
Hydrogen
A red molecule represents what?
Oxygen
A grey molecule represents what?
Carbon
A blue molecule represents what?
Nitrogen
A yellow molecule represents what?
Phosphate
What is a covalent bond?
a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.
What does OH stand for?
Hydroxyl group
What are molecule that contain only hydrogen and carbon?
Hydrocarbons
In a tetrahedral model, what does the dark solid line and and dashed line mean?
Solid line is 3D to the front and dashed line is 3D to the back.
What is the Alkane naming convention for:
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3
Heptane
Cycloalkanes ring structures contain how many fewer H-atoms than their corresponding alkane?
They lose 2 H’s
Which structures contain at least one benzene ring?
Aromatics
What does OH- stand for?
Hydroxide
What does -OH stand for?
Hydroxyl
What is C=O known as?
A carbonyl group
Gultimate is the same as____
Glutamic acid
What is COO-
Carboxyl group
What is N+H3
Amino group
What is a chiral carbon?
A carbon that is attached to 4 different types of atoms
What group does NH2 belong to?
Amino group
