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

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#1
Front (Question)

Describe beta-carotene.

Back (Answer)

Orange colour given to vegetables. Present in leaves, absorbs energy from sunlight.

#2
Front (Question)

Define a conjugated system.

Back (Answer)

Alternating double and single bonds.

#3
Front (Question)

What factors affect colour?

Back (Answer)

More delocalised electrons, smaller energy gap. Absorption of longer wavelengths.

#4
Front (Question)

What is the bond angle in benzene?

Back (Answer)

120.

#5
Front (Question)

How is cyclohexane formed?

Back (Answer)

Benzene reacts with hydrogen in an addition reaction.

#6
Front (Question)

Describe chlorination.

Back (Answer)

Aluminium chloride catalyst, anhydrous conditions.

#7
Front (Question)

Describe bromination.

Back (Answer)

Iron bromide catalyst, heat.

#8
Front (Question)

Describe alkylation.

Back (Answer)

Aluminium chloride catalyst, heated under reflux.

#9
Front (Question)

Describe acylation.

Back (Answer)

Aluminium chloride catalyst, anhydrous conditions.

#10
Front (Question)

Describe nitration.

Back (Answer)

Nitric acid and sulfuric acid, concentrated, less than 55C.

#11
Front (Question)

Describe sulfonation.

Back (Answer)

Sulfuric acid, heated under reflux. Produces benzenesulfonic acid, forms salts in alkaline conditions.

#12
Front (Question)

How are azo functional groups formed?

Back (Answer)

Diazonium salt + coupling agent.

#13
Front (Question)

Describe azo groups.

Back (Answer)

Unstable, diazonium group easily lost forming nitrogen gas. If attached to benzene ring, stabilised. Prepared in ice-cold solutions. Dissolved in HCl and sodium nitrite, below 5C, diazotisation.

#14
Front (Question)

Define a chromophore.

Back (Answer)

Energy levels of delocalised electron system.

#15
Front (Question)

Describe cationic dyes.

Back (Answer)

N+ forms ionic bonds with COO-. Applied in alkaline conditions. Relies on hydrogen bonding, easily washed out.

#16
Front (Question)

Describe colourfast dyes.

Back (Answer)

Azo modified with trichlorotriazine, attacked by nucleophilic groups reacted with hydroxyl groups, strong covalent bonds.

#17
Front (Question)

Describe wool and silk.

Back (Answer)

Protein fibres. Able to be ionised. Strong electrostatic forces, under acidic conditions. Ionic bonding.

#18
Front (Question)

Describe fibre reactive dyes.

Back (Answer)

Fast forming, more covalent bonds, trichlorotriazine.

#19
Front (Question)

Describe disperse dyes.

Back (Answer)

Insoluble in water, instantaneous induced dipoles.

#20
Front (Question)

Describe mordanting.

Back (Answer)

Metal ion joined to dye through dative covalent bonds. Chelate complex ions Al3+ or Cr3+.

#21
Front (Question)

Describe a triglyceride.

Back (Answer)

Propane-1,2,3,-triol. Forms 3x H2O. Saturated, cis. Unsaturated, trans.Produces sodium salts with sodium hydroxide.

#22
Front (Question)

What catalyst is used with hydrogenation?

Back (Answer)

Nickel.

#23
Front (Question)

Describe the mobile phase of gas-liquid chromatography.

Back (Answer)

Inert gas, helium or nitrogen.

#24
Front (Question)

Describe the stationary phase of gas-liquid chromatography.

Back (Answer)

A liquid with a high boiling point on an inert porous solid.