Chem 108A, Chapter 03.1, Organic Compounds: Alkanes And Their Stereochemistry

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How many known chemicals are there?

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~30 million

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How reactive are alkanes?

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They're relatively unreactive

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functional group

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a group of atoms that has a characteristic chemical behavior in every molecule where it occurs

the structural feature that makes it possible to classify compounds into families

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What's the name of the plant hormone that causes fruit to ripen?

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ethylene

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The chemistry of every organic molecule, regardless of size and complexity, is determined by the __________ it contains

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functional groups

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aromaticity

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a chemical property in which a conjugated ring of unsaturated bonds, lone pairs, or empty orbitals exhibit a stabilization stronger than would be expected by the stabilization of conjugation alone.

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Draw an alkene

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Draw an alkyne

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Draw an arene

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alkyl halides are also called

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haloalkanes

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alkyl halides

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have a carbon atom bonded to a halogen (--X)

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alcohols

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have a carbon atom bonded to the oxygen of a hydroxyl group (--OH)

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ethers

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have two carbon atoms bonded to the same oxygen (--O--)

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x

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x

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amines

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have a carbon atom bonded to a nitrogen

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thiols

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have a carbon atom bonded to an --SH group

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sulfides

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have two carbon atoms bonded the the same sulfur

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disulfides

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have carbon atoms bonded to two sulfurs that are joined together

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Name the functional groups

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carbonyl groups

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functional groups with a carbon-oxygen double bond

C==O

(pron car-bo-neel)

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aldehydes

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have at least one hydrogen bonded to the C==O

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ketones

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have two carbons bonded to the C==O

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carboxylic acids

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have an --OH group bonded to the C==O

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esters

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have an ether-like oxygen bonded to the C==O

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amides

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have an amine-like nitrogen bonded to the C==O

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acid chlorides

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have a chlorine bonded to the C==O

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the carbonyl carbon atoms have a ____ charge and the oxygen has a _____ charge

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+δ charge ; -δ charge

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δ

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delta

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