Learning Vocab
Alkyne
Any of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing a triple bond, including acetylene.
Saturated Compound
A chemical compound (or ion) that resists addition reactions, such as hydrogenation, oxidative addition, and binding of a Lewis base.
Functional Group
An atom or group of atoms within a molecule that has similar chemical properties whenever it appears in various compounds.
Where are Alkanes commonly found?
You can find them all through natural. Ex. Fossil Fuels: Natural gas, petroleum (crude oil), and coal
Alcohol Group
An organic compound with a hydroxyl (OH) functional group on an aliphatic carbon atom.
Aromatic Compound
Chemical compounds that consist of conjugated planar ring systems accompanied by delocalized pi-electron clouds in place of individual alternating double and single bonds.
Polymer
A substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together, e.g., many synthetic organic materials used as plastics and resins.
What is a example of a hydrocarbon?
Anything that only consist of Carbon atoms and Hydrogen atoms. Ex. C H 4 , methane, C 2 H 4 , ethene, and C 6 H 6 , benzene.
Hydrocarbon
A compound of hydrogen and carbon, such as any of those which are the chief components of petroleum and natural gas.
Ester
An organic compound made by replacing the hydrogen of an acid by an alkyl or other organic group. Many naturally occurring fats and essential oils are esters of fatty acids.
Ether
A pleasant-smelling colorless volatile liquid that is highly flammable. It is used as an anesthetic and as a solvent or intermediate in industrial processes.
What has a pleasant smell with a colorless volatile? Also highly flammable
Ether
Substitution Reaction
A reaction in which the functional group of one chemical compound is substituted by another group.
Isomers
Each of two or more compounds with the same formula but a different arrangement of atoms in the molecule and different properties.
Structural Formula
A formula which shows the arrangement of atoms in the molecule of a compound.
What kind of bonds are Organic Compounds held together with?
Covalent Bonds
Alkane
A series of compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen atoms with single covalent bonds
Alkene
Any of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing a double bond, including ethylene and propylene.
Organic Compound
A member of a class of chemicals containing carbon atoms bound to one another and other atoms by covalent bonds and found in the cells of living organisms.
An organic compound with a hydroxyl (OH) functional group on an aliphatic carbon atom?
Alcohol Group