General Organic Knowledge
Names into Formulas
Formulas into Names
Functional Groups
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100

Do organic molecules tend to have high or low boiling points?

Usually low.

100

Draw the correct line angle (skeletal) formula for 1-ethyl-4-methylcyclohexane.

100

What would this type of branch/substituent be called?

CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2---

Pentyl.

100

How does a carboxylic acid differ from an ester?

A carboxylic acid has a OH located next to a C=O group and is found on a terminal end of a carbon chain, versus an ester has a O located next to the C=O and is in the middle of a carbon chain. 

100

What is the name of this functional group?


R - OH

Alcohol.

200

How many bonds can a carbon atom form?

4, based on the fact that it has 4 valence electrons.

200

What would be the correct line angle (skeletal) formula be for the compound 2,4-dimethylhexane?

200

Name the following compound:

Methylcyclononane.

200

Which functional groups contain a carbonyl group?

Aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, ester, amide.

200

What atom joins two alkyls (carbon groups) to form an ether?

Oxygen

300

What is the general molecular formula for an alkane?

CnH2n+2.

300

What is the correct CONDENSED structural formula for 5,6-diethyl-2-methylnonane 

300


1-chloro-2,2-dimethylpropane

300

How does an amine differ from an amide?

An amine is a nitrogen single bonded to a carbon chain, and amide is a nitrogen located directly next to a carbonyl (C=O).

300

What is the name of this functional group?


Amide.

400

What type of representation is shown below?


Ball and stick.

400

The compound 3-ethyl-2-methyl-4-propyldecane would contain how many TOTAL carbons? 

16.

400

3-ethyl-2,3,5-trimethylhexane

400

What is the name of this functional group?

Aldehyde.

400

What functional group contains a carbon triple bonded to another carbon?

Alkyne.

500

Which type of molecule would be considered to be saturated, an alkane or an alkene?

Alkane.

500

What is the correct CONDENSED structural formula for 4-ethyl-2,3-dimethylheptane?

500


5-ethyl-4,5,6-trimethyldecane.

500

Draw the image of an ester.

500

Where is the carbon double bonded to an oxygen located in a ketone?

In the middle of your carbon chain.