2. Organic definitions

The part of the organic molecule responsible for the chemical reactions.

a series of organic compounds with the same functional group , each with an extra CH2

Molecule with just H and C

The longest continuous chain of carbon atoms is the parent chain.

hydrocarbon with only single bonds

hydro carbon with at least 1 double bond

hydrocarbon thats in a ring structure

a straight chain hydrocarbon

molecules with the same molecular formula but a different structural arrangement of atoms

The process in which unsaturated alkene monomers add on to a growing polymer chain one at a time to form a very long saturated molecular chain.

A reaction in which a reactant is added to an unsaturated molecule to make a saturated molecule

= mr of desired/ total mr of all products x 100

A special type of E/Z isomerism in which there is a non hydrogen group and hydrogen on each C of the C=C double bond. cis has the H atoms on the same size (Z)

a type of Stereoisomerism in which different groups attached to each carbon of a C=C double bond mar be arranged in space because of the restricted rotation,

Accepts a pair of e- to form a covelant bond

A small molecule that can combine to form a polymer

a substance that is broken down naturally in the environment by living organisms

actual amount of product/theoretical amount x 100

The reactive part of the double bond, formed from laterally overlapped p-orbitals

The unreactive part of the double bond

A long molecule chain built up of monomers

Stereoisomers are isomeric molecules that have the same molecular formula and sequence of bonded atoms (constitution), but that differ only in the three-dimensional orientations of their atoms in space.

A nucleophile is a chemical species that donates an electron pair to an electrophile to form a chemical bond

a radical is an atom, molecule, or ion that has unpaired valence electrons.