Module 4: Section 1- Basic Concepts And Hydrocarbons
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Organic basics What are the 6 types of formula
General Empirical Structural Displayed Skeletal Molecular
Organic basics What is a general formula
Algebraic formula can describe any member of a family of compounds
Organic basics What does an empirical formula show
Simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element is a compound
What is a molecular formula
Actual number of atoms in a molecule
Organic basics What is the displayed formula
Shows how atoms are arranged and all the bonds between them
Organic basics What is the skeletal formula
Shows bonds of carbon skeleton only with any functional groups Carbon and hydrogen atoms aren’t show Each point represents a carbon
Organic basics Define functional group
Feature of a molecule which defines its characteristic reactions
Organic basics Define homologous series
Group of organic molecules with the same functional group and same general formula where each successive member increased by CH2
Organic basics Prefix or suffix for alkanes
-ane
Organic basics Prefix or suffix for branched alkanes
Alkyl-(-yl)
Organic basics Prefix or suffix for alkenes
-ene
Organic basics Prefix or suffix for haloalkanes
Chloro-/bromo-/iodo-
Organic basics Prefix or suffix for alcohols
-ol/hydroxy-
Organic basics Prefix or suffix for aldehydes
-al
Organic basics Prefix or suffix for ketones
-one
Organic basics Prefix or suffix for cycloalkanes
Cyclo-…-ane
Organic basics Prefix or suffix for carboxylic acids
-oic acid
Organic basics Prefix or suffix for esters
Alkyl- … -anoate
Organic basics What’s doe unsaturated mean
Prescience of double bonds
Organic basics What does saturated mean
All single bonds
Organic basics What does aliphatic mean
anything with a chain of carbons
Organic basics What does alicyclic mean
Cyclic of carbon
Organic basics What does aromatic mean
Delocalised pi system (mostly in y13)
Organic basics What is an alkyl group
Forage,nt of a molecule with general formula Cn H2n+1