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1
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Carbon atom bonded to halogen

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Alkyl halides

2
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Carbon atom bonded to oxygen of hydroxyl group

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Alcohols

3
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bonded to the oxygen of a phosphate group

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organophosphate

4
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carbon atom bonded to nitrogen

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amines

5
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carbon atom bonded to the sulfur

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thiols

6
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2 carbon atoms bonded to the same sulfur

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sulfides

7
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bonded to two sulfurs that are joined together

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disulfides

8
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alkanes are often describe as saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbons

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saturated hydrocarbons

9
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Alkanes are ocasionally called aliphatic compounds. True or False

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true, greek is aleiphas meaning fat

10
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The same numbers and kinds of atoms but differ in the way atoms are arranged

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Isomers

11
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Atoms connected differently is called?

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constitutional isomers

12
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A complex mixture of hydrocarbons that must first be separated into various fractions and further refined before it can be used

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Petroleum

13
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Alkanes are sometimes referred to as paraffins. True or false?

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true, from latin parum affinis means slight affinity

14
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Different arrangements of atoms that result from bond rotations are called?

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conformations

15
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Molecules that ave different arrangement are called?

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conformational isomers or conformers

16
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A type of different conformations: From an oblique angle, spatial relationship

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sawhorse representation

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A type of different conformations: bond directly end-on and represents the two carbon atoms by a circle.

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newman projection

18
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Most stable conformation, far away from one another

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Lowest energy (staggered when view)

19
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least stable conformation, close as possible

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highest energy (eclipse in newman projection)

20
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Saturated cyclic hydrocarbons are called?

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cycloalkanes, alicyclic, aliphatic cyclic

21
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Are perpendicular to the ring, parallel to the ring axis?

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axial positions

22
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Are in the rough plane in the ring, around the ring equator?

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equatorial positions

23
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Different chair conformations readily interconvert by a process called?

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ring-flip

24
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An atom or group of atoms within a larger molecule that has a characteristic chemical reactivity?

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Functional group

25
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Are class of saturated hydrocarbons having the general formula CnH2n+2

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Alkanes