Organic Chem 1

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Major functional groups - Polar or Hydrophlic

Back (Answer)

• alcohols - amines - carbonyl derivatives all soluble in water

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Major functional groups - Nonpolar or Hydrophobic Groups

Back (Answer)

• alkyls - aromatics all soluble in oil

Front (Question)

Alcohols

Back (Answer)

• contain hydroxyl groups bound to carbons - are polar because the oxygen has two pairs of non-bonded electrons.

Front (Question)

Hydroxyls suffix

Back (Answer)

• OH

Front (Question)

Primary Alcohol

Back (Answer)

RCH2OH ie: ethanyl alcohol CH3CH2OH

Front (Question)

Secondary Alcohol

Back (Answer)

R2CHOH isopropyl alcohol (CH3)2CHOH

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Tertiary Alcohol

Back (Answer)

R3COH tertiary butyl alcohol (CH3)3COH

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Quaternary Alcohol

Back (Answer)

doesn’t exist :)

Front (Question)

Properties of Alcohols

Back (Answer)

• can give up a proton - not acidic - only ionize under strong basic conditions (ie: propofol pKa of 11 poorly ionizes)

#10

Front (Question)

If the alcohol contains electron withdrawing groups it will ______

Back (Answer)

become more acidic ie: (CF3)2CHOH is more acidic than (CH3)2CHOH hexafluoroisopropanol is more acidic than isopropanol because of the highly electronegative fluorine substituents

#11

Front (Question)

Types of Amines: Primary

Back (Answer)

RNH2 (one group)

#12

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Types of Amines: Secondary

Back (Answer)

R2NH2 (two groups)

#13

Front (Question)

Types of Amines: Tertiary

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R3N (three groups)

#14

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Types of Amines: quaternary ammonium ion

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R4N+

#15

Front (Question)

Cyclic amines can be ____

Back (Answer)

secondary, tertiary, or quaternary

#16

Front (Question)

Amines are derivatives of ammonia

Back (Answer)

Examples: NH3 - ammonia CH3NH2 - methylamine CH3NHCH3 - dimethylamine CH3N(CH3)CH3 - trimethalamine

#17

Front (Question)

Amines have a lone pair of _______ electrons on the nitrogen atom

Back (Answer)

non-bonded

#18

Front (Question)

Cation

Back (Answer)

nitrogen with four substituents

#19

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pKa of amines

Back (Answer)

basic with a pKa of 8-11

#20

Front (Question)

Properties of Alkyl Functional Groups

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1. Nonpolar (or lipophilic). electrons are more equally shared between atoms, no unbound outer shell electrons, atoms not charged 2. Poorly miscible in water (or aqueous phases). The addition of these groups to a molecule will decrease water solubility of a molecule.

#21

Front (Question)

Hydrocarbon

Back (Answer)

molecule contains only hydrogen and carbon

#22

Front (Question)

Alkyl functional groups

Back (Answer)

saturated, non-aromatic hydrocarbon groups. Common alkyl groups:

#23

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“n”

Back (Answer)

“n” = normal. It means a straight hydrocarbon chain, no branching

#24

Front (Question)

“iso”

Back (Answer)

“Iso” = same. It means a branched hydrocarbon chain having branches that are the same.