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TOPIC 18 - Organic chemistry III Flashcards

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What happens to the 4 valent electrons in the carbon atoms in benzene?

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  • 2 of them are in two C-C bond.
  • 1 is bonded to H
  • 1 p-orbital electron is part of the delocalised ring of electron.
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What is the length of the C-C double bond? Why?

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139 pm.

It is between length of single C-C bond (154pm) and the length of double C=C (134pm) because the delocalised ring of electron increases the strength of the C-C bond slightly, without reaching the strength of the C=C.

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Why do we know that benzene is more stable than cyclohexa-1,3,5-ene?

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  • Enthalpy of hydrogenation of cylohexene (1 C=C) = -120kJ/mol.
  • Expected enthalpy of hydrogenation of benzene = enthalpy hydrogenation of cyclohexa-1,3,5-ene.
  • Actual experimental value: -208kJ/mol.
  • So more energy is required to break the bonds in benzene than in cyclohexa-1,3,5-ene. Therefore benzene is more stable.
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What is the main reason why benzene is so stable?

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The delocalised ring of electrons.

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What is the equation for the complete combustion of benzene?

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Does benzene usually burn completely?

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No. A lot of soot is produced and a black smoky flame is observed.

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Does benzene undergo electrophilic addition reactions easily? (like the bromination of alkenes)

Why?

What recations to they undego instead?

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No. Benzene is stable and so doesn’t undergo these types of reaction since it would sirupt the stable ring of electrons.

Instead, they undergo electrophilic substitution, where a hydroger or functional group is substituted by the electrophile.

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What are aromatic compounds (arenes)

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What is the name of this molecule?

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What is the name of this molecule?

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What is the name of this molecule?

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What is the name of this molecule?

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What is the name of this molecule?

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What is the generic mechanism for the electrophilic substitution with benzene?

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Why are halogen carrier catalysts used in the electrophilic substitution of benzene?

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What is the mechanism + conditions for Friedel Craft’s acylation?

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Mechanism+conditions for friedel crafts alkylation?

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Mechanism for addition of alcohol to a benzene ring using Friedel Crafts alkylation?

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What is the mechanism for the nitration of benzene?

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Below which temperature is a single NO2 substitution ensured in the nitration of benzene?

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What is the general rule for numbering other groups in a phenol molecule?

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Why are electrophilic substitution reactions more likely to occur in phenol than in benzene?

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What is the equation of ethanoic anhydride and salicylic acid to give aspirin?

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Why is ethanoic anhydride used in the synthesis of aspirin instead of ethanoyl chloride?

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Are phenols acidic?
Yes. They are weak acids. They dissociate weakly to from a phenoxide ion and a H+ ion.
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What is the equation for the reaction between phenol and NaOH?
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What is the equation for the reaction between phenol and bromine water?
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Which two isomers can be produced in the reaction of phenol with bromine water?
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What are aliphatic amines?
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How are aliphatic amines made by reacting a halogenoalkane with excess ammonia?
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What is the downside of making aliphatic amines by reacting halogenoalkanes + excess ammonia?
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What is the equation for making aliphatic amines using nickel catalyst and hydrogen to reduce nitriles?
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What is the equation+conditions for making aliphatic amines using a strong reducing agent (LiALH4) and dilute acid?
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What are the conditions+equation for aromatic amines?
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What are the orders in the strength of the base in ammonia, primary aliphatic amines and aromatic amines?
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Why are primary aliphatic amines more basic than NH3, and NH3 more basic than aromatic amines?
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Can Amines hydrogen bond with water? How?
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Are amines soluble in water? Why?
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What happens when we react a small amount of butylamine with copper sulfate? What happens when the butylamine is in excess?
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What is the equation for the reaction between ethanoyl chloride and butylamine?
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What is different in the neutralisation recations of amines and acids from traditional acid-base reactions?
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What is the equation for the reaction of butylamine with HCl?
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What is the equation that shows how amines form an alkaline solution in water?
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What are amides?
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What are N-substituted amides?
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What is the equation of ethanoyl chloride and ammonia?
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What is the equation for the reaction between ethanoyl chloride and primary amines?
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How are polyamides formed? Include equation.
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What is the equation for the reaction that gives the polyamide Kevlar?
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What is the equation to give the polyamide Nylon 6,6?
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How are polyesters made? Give general equation.
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What is the equation for the reaction that makes 1 repeating unit of the polyester terylene?
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What is the general equation for the hydrolysis of a polyamide?
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What is the general structure of an amino acid?
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Are amino acids acidic or basic?
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Are amino acids chiral?
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How do you name this amino acid using the IUPAC rules?
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What is a zwitterion?
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Can amino acids exist as zwitterions?
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What is the isoelectric point of an amino acid?
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What is the general structure of an amino acid at their isoelectric point?
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What is the general structure of an amino acid at pH lower than its isoelectric point?
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What is the general structure of an amino acid at pH higher than its isoelectric point?
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How does thin layer chromatography work?
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Are Rf values fixed for each amino acid?
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How are Rf values of Amino Acids calculated in thin layer chromatography?
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How are Grignard reagents made?
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What is the reaction of Grignard reagent with aldehydes + ketones?
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What is the reaction of Grignard reagent with carbon dioxide? Give eqt + conditions
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What is the functional group, its properties and tipical reactions of halogenoalkanes?
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What is the functional group, its properties and tipical reactions of nitriles?
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What is the functional group, its properties and tipical reactions of amines?
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What is the functional group, its properties and tipical reactions of aldehydes+ketones?
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What is the functional group, its properties and tipical reactions of carboxylic acids?
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What is the functional group, its properties and tipical reactions of esters?
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What is the functional group, its properties and tipical reactions of acyl chlorides?
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What is the functional group, its properties and tipical reactions of acid anhydrides?
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What functional groups are present?
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What functional groups are present?
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What functional groups are present?
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What 7 types of reactions are there?
* Addition * Substitution * Elimination/dehydration * Condensation * Hydrolysis * Oxidation * Reduction
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What are addition reactions?
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What are substitution reactions?
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What are elimination/dehydration reactions?
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What are condensation reactions?
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What are hydrolysis reactions?
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What are oxidation reactions?
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What are reduction reactions?
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What conditions are A?
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What conditions are B?
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What conditions are C?
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What conditions are D?
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What conditions are E?
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What conditions are F?
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What conditions are G?
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What conditions are H?
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What conditions are I?
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What conditions are J?
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What conditions are K?
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What conditions are L?
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What conditions are M?
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What conditions are N?
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What conditions are O?
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What conditions are P?
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What conditions are A?
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What conditions are B?
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What conditions are C?
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What conditions are D?
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What conditions are E?
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What conditions are F?
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What conditions are G?
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What conditions are H?
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What conditions are I?
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What conditions are J?
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What conditions are K?
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What conditions are L?
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What conditions are A?
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What conditions are B?
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What conditions are C?
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What conditions are A?
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What conditions are B?
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What conditions are A?
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What conditions are B?
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How is heating under reflux done?
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How is distillation done to separate substances with different bpts?
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How is steam distillation done?
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Why might anhydrous CaCl2 be used in purification?
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How does vacuum filtration work?
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How is recrystallisation done?
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How do impurities affect bpt?
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How do impurities affect mpt?
Lowers melting point Sample melts/freezes over a range of temperatures.

Chemistry A level (Edexcel) (19 decks)

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