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Covalently bonded compounds containing carbon, excluding carbonates and oxides.
What are organic compounds
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Organic compound containing ONLY carbon and hydrogen
What is a hydrocarbon
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isomers in which the atoms are bonded together in different orders (aka “constitutional isomers”)
What is structural isomers
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Chemical reactions involving organic compounds
What is organic reactions
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a complex mixture of different hydrocarbons that varies greatly in composition
What is petroleum
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The covalent bonding of an element to itself to form chains or rings
What is catenation
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Methane (CH4) is an...
What is alkane
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isomers in which the order of atom bonding is the same but the arrangement of atoms in space is different
What is geometric isomers
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A type of organic reaction wherein the transition state of the molecule has a cyclic geometry, and the reaction progresses in a concerted fashion
What is pericyclic reaction
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The "foundation" of most biological molecules.
What is carbon
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Simplest organic compounds composed of only carbon and hydrogen
What are hydrocarbons
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Common fuel for cooking and heating
What is propane
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hydrocarbons in which each carbon atom in the molecule forms four single covalent bonds with other atoms
What is saturated hydrocarbons
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For each photon of light absorbed by a chemical system, no more than one molecule is activated
What is photochemical reactions
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Prefix meaning "ONE carbon atom"
What is Meth-
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Compounds that have the same molecular formula but different structures.
What are isomers
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Molecules that have the same molecular formula but different structures.
What are Isomers
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hydrocarbons that contain only single bonds
What is alkanes
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A broad class of organic reactions where the carbon skeleton of a molecule is rearranged to give a structural isomer of the original molecule
What is rearrangement reactions
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groups of atoms that are formed when one hydrogen atom is removed from an alkane molecule
What is alkyl groups
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Indicates the number and types of atoms present in a molecule and also shows the bonding arrangement of the atoms.
What is a structural formula
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Propane and Butane are examples of..
What are Alkanes
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alkanes in which the carbon atoms are arranged in a ring, or cyclic, structure
What is cycloalkanes
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A type of organic reaction in which two substituents are removed from a molecule in either a one or two-step mechanism
What is elimination reactions
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a fossil fuel composed primarily of alkanes containing one to four carbon atoms
What is natural gas