nomenclature
This is the IUPAC name for the compound with the formula CH3CH2OH.
What is ethanol?
This functional group contains a carbonyl group bonded to a hydrogen atom.
What is an aldehyde?
This reaction involves the transfer of a proton from an acid to a base.
What is an acid-base reaction?
This term describes molecules that have the same molecular formula and sequence of bonded atoms but differ in the spatial arrangement of atoms.
What are stereoisomers?
The 3 criteria for a compound to be aromatic
What is planar, cyclic, odd # of pi electrons
This is the IUPAC name for the aromatic compound with a hydroxyl group attached to the benzene ring.
What is phenol?
This functional group is characterized by a carbon triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom.
What is a nitrile?
This reaction type involves the addition of a halogen to an alkene.
What is halogenation?
This type of stereoisomerism occurs when two compounds are non-superimposable mirror images of each other.
What are enantiomers?
The simplest aromatic hydrocarbon with the formula C6H6
What is benzene
what is the highest priority functional group when naming compunds?
What is carboxylic acid?
This functional group is characterized by a sulfur atom bonded to a hydrogen atom.
What is a thiol?
This reaction mechanism involves the breaking of a bond by the addition of water.
What is hydrolysis?
This type of stereoisomerism occurs when two compounds have the same connectivity but differ in the spatial arrangement around a double bond.
What are cis-trans isomers?
This rule states that for a molecule to be aromatic, it must have 4n+2 π-electrons
What is Huckel's Rule?
The suffix for a compound containing an ester as its highest priority group
What is -oate?
This functional group contains a carbon-oxygen double bond bonded to an oxygen atom that is also bonded to another carbon.
What is an ester?
This reaction converts an aldehyde or ketone into an alcohol.
What is reduction?
This term describes a molecule that is not superimposable on its mirror image.
What is a chiral molecule?
When a compound meets all the criteria for aromaticity but has an even number of pi electrons.
What is antiaromatic?
The name for a straight chain alkane with 8 carbons.
What is octane?
This functional group is characterized by a carbon-carbon double bond.
What is an alkene?
This reaction mechanism involves the substitution of a nucleophile for a leaving group on a sp³ hybridized carbon atom.
What is an SN2 reaction?
This type of stereoisomerism occurs when there are multiple chiral centers in a molecule and they are not mirror images of each other.
What are diastereomers?
A cyclic compound in which one or more of the atoms of the ring are heteroatoms.
What is a heterocyclic compound?