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Topic 4 - Core Organic Chemistry

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What do all organic compounds contain?

Back (Answer)

Carbon

#2
Front (Question)

How many known carbon compounds are there?

Back (Answer)

10 million

#3
Front (Question)

How many new carbon compounds are discovered each year?

Back (Answer)

300,000

#4
Front (Question)

What does organic mean?

Back (Answer)

living

#5
Front (Question)

What do hydrocarbons contain?

Back (Answer)

carbon and hydrogen atoms only

#6
Front (Question)

What is the bonding like in hydrocarbons? What does this mean?

Back (Answer)

covalent so bonding between molecules is weak

#7
Front (Question)

Alkane general formula

Back (Answer)

CnH2n+2

#8
Front (Question)

Are Alkanes saturated or not?

Back (Answer)

Saturated

#9
Front (Question)

What does saturated mean?

Back (Answer)

no C=C carbon double bonds

#10
Front (Question)

Alkene general formula

Back (Answer)

CnH2n

#11
Front (Question)

What does unsaturated mean?

Back (Answer)

contains one or more C=C carbon double bonds

#12
Front (Question)

Are Alkenes saturated or unsaturated?

Back (Answer)

unsaturated

#13
Front (Question)

Number of carbons and formula of methane

Back (Answer)

1 C1H4

#14
Front (Question)

Number of carbons and formula of ethane

Back (Answer)

2 C2H6

#15
Front (Question)

Number of carbons and formula of propane

Back (Answer)

3 C3H8

#16
Front (Question)

Number of carbons and formula of butane

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4 C4H10

#17
Front (Question)

Number of carbons and formula of pentane

Back (Answer)

5 C5H12

#18
Front (Question)

Number of carbons and formula of hexane

Back (Answer)

6 C6H14

#19
Front (Question)

Number of carbons and formula of heptane

Back (Answer)

7 C7H16

#20
Front (Question)

Number of carbons and formula of octane

Back (Answer)

8 C8H18

#21
Front (Question)

Number of carbons and formula of nonane

Back (Answer)

9 C9H20

#22
Front (Question)

Number of carbons and formula of decane

Back (Answer)

10 C10H22

#23
Front (Question)

Define homologous series

Back (Answer)

A homologous series is a series of organic compounds having the same functional group but with each successive member differing by CH2-

#24
Front (Question)

Define functional group

Back (Answer)

A functional group is a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic reactions of a compound