TOPIC 6 - Organic chemistry I
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What is a general formula?
What is the general formula for alkanes?
CnH2n+2
What is the general formula for alkenes?
CnH2n
What is the general formula for alcohols?
CnH2n+1OH
What is the molecular formula?
What is the empirical formula?
What is the structural formula?
What is the skeletal formula?
What is the displayed formula?
What is a homologous series?
What is the functional group for alkenes?
C=C
What is the functional group for alcohol?
-OH
What is the functional group for an aldehyde?
R-C=O (double bond with oxygen at the end of the carbon chain)
What is the functional group for ketones?
Double bond with oxygen in the middle of te carbon chain.
What is the functional group for carboxylic acids?
COOH (double bond with O and single bond with OH)
What is the formula for cyclopentane?
C5H10
What is a polymerisation reaction?
What is a hydrolysis reaction?
What is an elimination reaction?
What is an addition reaction?
What is a substitution reaction?
What does a curly arrow in a mechanism show?
The movement of a pair of electrons
What is the mechanism for the reaction of OH- with bromoethane?
What type of reaction is this?
Nucleophilic substitution