Chapter 1 - Classifying Organic Compounds

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R
________ is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon, and R′ is a hydrocarbon*
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Prefix
________: indicates name and location of each branch and functional group on the main carbon chain.
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Simple amides
________ are solid at room temperature.
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natural gas
Of organic compounds: ________, rubbing alcohol, aspirin, compounds that give fragrance to rose.
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Ketone
________:** organic compound that has double- bonded oxygen on any carbon within the carbon chain; RCOR.
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RCOOR
Ester:** general formula for an ester is ________.
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OH
________ (hydroxyl) group: a functional group that contains ________**
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Amide
________:** carbon atom double- bonded to an oxygen atom and single- bonded to a nitrogen atom.
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organic compound
Ether: ________ that has two alkyl groups joined by an oxygen atom; R- O- RAlkoxy group: alkyl singularly bonded to oxygen Less polar than water and alcoholUsually soluble in water but decreases as the alkyl group increasesLower boiling point than water**
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Root
________: number of carbon atoms in the main chain or ring.
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Suffix
________: type of compound according to functional groups present.
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Organic chemistry
________**: the study of compounds based on carbon.
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C
________- N and N- H bonds make it polar, acts like carboxylic acids.
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equal bond dipoles
If ________ act in opposite directions in three- dimensional space, they counteract each other.
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Carboxylic acid
________:** carbon atom is bonded to an oxygen atom by a double bond and to a hydroxyl group- (OH) by a single bond.
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Ester
________ is a derivative of carboxylic acid*
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Functional Group
________:** a reactive group of bonded atoms that appears in all the members of a chemical family.
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Hydrogen bonding
________:** strong intermolecular attraction between the hydrogen atom with an N, O, F atom.
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Benzene
________ is the simplest aromatic compound.
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covalent bonds
It forms four ________ and connects to four other atoms.
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Alkyl group
________**: removing one hydrogen from an alkane; branches attached to the main chan, common Alkyl groups:
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R
________ 'and ________ are used for more than one alkyl group.
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organic compound
Alcohol**: a(n) ________ that contains the- OH functional group.
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organic compound
Aldehyde:** ________ that has double- bonded oxygen on the last carbon of a carbon chain; R- CHO.