Organic chemistry intro
Is the chemistry of carbon
Organic chemistry
2 elements a molecule must have to be an organic molecule.
What's the name of this kind of representation?
C2H6
Molecular formula
Name the classification of an horizontally aligned Carbon chain
Straight chain
What's the name of a molecule with 1 carbon?
Methane
They're the ingredients of life
Hidrogen, Oxigen, Nitrogen, Carbon
Water is organic or inorganic?
Inorganic
What's the name of this kind of representation?
/\/\/\/
Skeletal
It consists of a carbon chain and at least one additional C atom bonded to one of the inner C atoms.
Branched chains
They are saturated hydrocarbons
When the molecule only have single bonds
How many bonds Carbon can form?
4
In the past, people used to think that ______ was in every organic compound
Vital force
organic compounds consisting of only hydrogen and carbon
Hydrocarbons
What's the classification of a molecule when Cyclic compounds have more elements than C and H?
HeteroCyclic
is the world authority on chemical nomenclature and terminology
IUPAC
How many bonds Hydrogen can form?
Name this
dimethyl ether
Is the representation when all the C and H are written
Structural formula
What's an homocyclic?
A cyclic compound with only C and H
Name the first 4 prefixes
Meth, Eth, Prop, But
How many bonds Oxygen can form?
Only 2
Why salt (NaCl) is inorganic?
Because the formula don't have C
When you have 2 molecules and the molecular formula is the same but the structure is not, they are called____.
Isomers
A cyclic compound with 3 double bonds
Aromatic
mnemonic for the first 4 prefixes
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