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C10 - Organic Reactions

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Total cards: 14•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

list: prefixes for number of carbons in a molecule 1 to 5

Back (Answer)

• meth- • eth- • prop- • but- • pent-

#2
Front (Question)

list suffixes: • alkanes • alkenes • alcohols • carboxylic acids

Back (Answer)

• -ane • -ene • -ol • -oic acid

#3
Front (Question)

list functional groups: • alkanes • alkenes • alcohols • carboxylic acids

Back (Answer)

C–C C=C –OH –COOH image

#4
Front (Question)

list general formula • alkanes • alkenes

Back (Answer)

• Cn H2n+2 • Cn H2n

#5
Front (Question)

define: homologous series in organic chemistry

Back (Answer)

a group of organic compounds that have the same general formula and share similar properties

#6
Front (Question)

name one ester

Back (Answer)

ethyl ethanoate

#7
Front (Question)

reactants used to make an ester

Back (Answer)

alcohol + carboxylic acid

#8
Front (Question)

structural formula • ethene • ethanol • propanoic acid

Back (Answer)

• CH2CH2 • CH3CH2OH • CH3CH2COOH

#9
Front (Question)

list 2 properties of alcohol

Back (Answer)

• soluable in water • neutral pH

#10
Front (Question)

word equation combustion of alcohol

Back (Answer)

alcohol + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water

#11
Front (Question)

describe reaction of alcohol with sodium

Back (Answer)

Acts very similarly to water and sodium, sodium will effervesce. However it is less vigorus.

#12
Front (Question)

list: 2 uses of ethanol

Back (Answer)

• alcohol production (the drug) • biofuel via fermentation

#13
Front (Question)

word equation producing ethyl ethanoate

Back (Answer)

ethanoic acid + ethanol → ethyl ethanoate + water

#14
Front (Question)

Are carboxylic acids weak or strong? Why?

Back (Answer)

weak, as they do not ionise completely