Chapter 6 - Organic chemistry I (L)

No description yet. This curated deck is ready for daily study.

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

Card preview (24)

Front (Question)

What are hydrocarbons?

Back (Answer)

Compounds that contain only carbon and hydrogen

Front (Question)

What are saturated hydrocarbons?

Back (Answer)

Hydrocarbons with the maximum amount of hydrogens possible

Front (Question)

What are unsaturated hydrocarbons?

Back (Answer)

Hydrocarbons without the maximum amount of hydrogens possible

Front (Question)

What does any compound ending in -ate contain?

Back (Answer)

Oxygen

Front (Question)

What does a double bond always mean in terms of saturation?

Back (Answer)

The compound is unsaturated

Front (Question)

What does all single bonds in a compound mean in terms of saturation?

Back (Answer)

The compound is saturated

Front (Question)

What is a multiple bond?

Back (Answer)

Two or more covalent bonds between two atoms

Front (Question)

What are displayed formulae?

Back (Answer)

They show every bond and atom separately

Front (Question)

What are structural formulae?

Back (Answer)

Don’t show individual atoms, and can show bonds but can not. For example: CH3CH2CH3 and CH3-CH2-CH3 are both structural formula of propane

#10

Front (Question)

What are skeletal formulae?

Back (Answer)

Each dot represents a carbon atom, and the line between represents the bond between them

#11

Front (Question)

What is the molecular formula?

Back (Answer)

Shows the actual number of atoms in a molecule

#12

Front (Question)

What is the empirical formula?

Back (Answer)

Shows the numbers of each atom in the simplest whole number ratio

#13

Front (Question)

What is a functional group?

Back (Answer)

An atom or group of atoms in a molecule that is responsible for its chemical reactions

#14

Front (Question)

What is a homologous series?

Back (Answer)

A group of compounds with the same functional group and general formula, which differ by CH2 from the next member

#15

Front (Question)

What is the general formula of alkanes?

Back (Answer)

Cn H2n+2

#16

Front (Question)

What is the general formula of alkenes?

Back (Answer)

Cn H2n

#17

Front (Question)

What is the general formula of halogenealkanes?

Back (Answer)

Cn H2+1 X (X = any halogen)

#18

Front (Question)

What is the general formula of alcohols?

Back (Answer)

Cn H2n+1 OH

#19

Front (Question)

What is the equation for the complete combustion of methane?

Back (Answer)

CH4 + 2O2 -> CO2 + 2H2O

#20

Front (Question)

What is nomenclature?

Back (Answer)

The rules of naming molecules

#21

Front (Question)

How do I revise nomenclature?

Back (Answer)

Read through the rules and then do practice questions

#22

Front (Question)

What are structural isomers?

Back (Answer)

Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formula

#23

Front (Question)

What are the two types of structural isomerism?

Back (Answer)

Chain and position isomerism

#24

Front (Question)

What is chain isomerism?

Back (Answer)

When molecules have different carbon chains e.g. Butane and Methyl-propane