✅6 - Organic Chemistry I

The group of atoms which gives an organic compound its characteristic properties and reactions

A compound of hydrogen and carbon only

Family of compounds which all contain the same functional group and each member of there series contains one CH2 unit more than the previous member

Represents all the members of a homologous series

• the atoms have an exceptional ability to form chain, branches chains and rings of various sizes • Carbon is relatively inert and unreactive when in C-C or C-H bonds

The simplest whole number ratio of atoms in a compound

The actual number of atoms in each molecule

Shows the arrangement of atoms carbon by carbon with the attached hydrogens and functional groups

Shows the bonds of the carbon skeleton only, with any functional groups

Shows how all the atoms are arranged, and the bonds between them, drawn out

Joining two or more molecules together to form a larger molecule

Joining together lots of simple molecules to form a large one

When a small group of atoms breaks away from a larger molecule

When one species is replaced by another

Splitting a molecule into two molecules by adding H+ and OH- derived from water

An atom, an ion, a radical or a molecule

An electron pair donor, often negatively charged ions or species with a lone pair

A delta positive Carbon

Electron pair acceptors, positively charged ions attracted to electron rich areas

A species with an unpaired electron

The molecular formula is the same but the structural formula is different

The carbon chain is arranaged differently

Where the functional group is attached to a different carbon

The isomers have different functional groups