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PRELIM 01 - Introduction to Organic Compounds

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Is the study of compounds that contain the element carbon

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Organic chemistry

#2
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4 common products of organic chemistry used in medicine

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Oral contraceptives, Plastic syringes, Antibiotics, Synthetic heart valves

#3
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Compounds that are derived from living things and are impossible to synthesize

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Organic compounds

#4
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A compound known to be excreted by mammals by heating ammonium cyanate, an inorganic mineral

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Friedrich Wöhler produced urea

#5
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The linkage of atoms of the same element into longer chains

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Catenation

#6
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Any atom that is not carbon or hydrogen

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Heteroatom

#7
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3 most common heteroatoms

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Nitrogen, Oxygen, Halogens (F, Cl, Br, and I)

#8
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Is an atom or a group of atoms with characteristic chemical and physical properties

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Functional group

#9
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Contains C and H only

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Hydrocarbons

#10
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Have only C-C single bonds and no functional group

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Alkanes

#11
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Example of a simple alkane

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Ethane

#12
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Have a C-C double bond as their functional group

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Alkene

#13
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Example of a simple alkene

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Ethylene

#14
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Have a C-C triple bond as their functional group

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Alkyne

#15
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Example of a simple alkyne

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Acetylene

#16
Front (Question)

Contain a benzene ring, a six-membered ring with three double bonds

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Aromatic hydrocarbons

#17
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Naming: -ane

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Alkane

#18
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Naming: -ene

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Alkene

#19
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Naming: -yne

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Alkyne

#20
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Naming: -ol

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Alcohol

#21
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Naming: -oxy -ane / -ether

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Ether

#22
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Naming: -ene oxide

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Epoxide

#23
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Naming: halo-

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Haloalkane/Alkyl halide

#24
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Naming: -al

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Aldehyde