General Organic Knowledge
Names into Formulas
Formulas into Names
Functional Groups
More Functional Groups
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.