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17 Cards in this Set
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Organic chemistry focuses on... |
The chemistry of organic compounds containing carbon |
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Homologous series |
Compounds with the same functional group. Each member differs from the next by a common structural unit (usually -CH2-) |
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Structural formulas can be represented in... |
Full (displayed or graphic formula) which shows all the atoms and bonds in a molecule, and condensed format which is the simplest representation of a structural isomer that shows how the atoms are joined together in a molecule. |
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Structural/Constitutional isomer |
Compounds with the same molecular formula but different arrangements of atoms. |
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Hydrocarbon |
An organic compound containing only hydrogen and carbon |
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Saturated hydrocarbon |
A hydrocarbon containing only single bonds |
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Alkane |
A saturated hydrocarbon whose carbons are arranged in an open chain. // a hydrocarbon with only single bonds |
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Aliphatic hydrocarbon |
Another name for Alkanes / a saturated hydrocarbon whose carbons are arranged in an open chain |
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Straight chain alkanes |
An alkane that has all its carbons connected in a row |
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Branches chain alkanes |
An app and that has a branching connection of carbons |
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VSEPR |
Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion theory: because electrons repel, molecules adjust their shapes so molecules can be as far apart as possible |
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Condensed structure |
A shorthand way of drawing structures in which carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds are understood rather than shown |
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Why are constitutional isomers different compounds? |
They have different structures, different physical properties e.g.: melting point, boiling point, may have different physiological properties |
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Meth |
1 carbon |
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Alkane formula |
CnH2n+2 |
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Primary/secondary/tertiary/quaternary carbon |
Has 1 carbon attached, 2, 3, ect |
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Benzene |
Aromatic, unsaturated hydrocarbon |
