The Carbon Countdown

Function Junction

100

This class of organic compound contains nitrogen. 

(1) aldehyde 

(2) alcohol 

(3) amine 

(4) ether 

What is Amine?

Tip: You can think of the N in amiNe as Nitrogen!

200

This compound is classified as an ether.

(1) CH₃CHO

(2) CH₃OCH₃

(3) CH₃COCH₃

(4) CH₃COOCH₃

What is CH₃OCH₃ ?

300

These two compounds, an alcohol and an ether, have the formula C₂H₆O but differ in this way.

(1) the same functional group and the same physical and chemical properties

(2) the same functional group and different physical and chemical properties

(3) different functional group and same physical and chemical properties

(4) different functional group and different physical and chemical properties

What are (4) different functional groups and different physical and chemical properties?

400

Butanal, butanone, and diethyl ether have different properties because they differ in this molecular characteristic.

(1) numbers of carbon atoms

(2) numbers of oxygen atoms

(3) types of functional groups

(4) types of radioactive isotopes

What are (3) types of functional groups?

500

This is the name given to the class of organic compounds to which ethyl ethanoate belongs.

What is an ester?

Hydrocarbon Hustle

100

This formula represents an alkane.

(1) C₂H₂

(2) C₂H₄

(3) C₃H₄

(4) C₃H₈

What is C₃H₈ ?

200

This formula represents a saturated hydrocarbon.

(1) butane

(2) ethene

(3) heptene

(4) pentyne

What is (1) butane?

Remember: 

- Only alkanes are saturated!

-  Alkenes & Alkynes are unsaturated.

300

The molecular formula C₃H₄ represents this type of hydrocarbon with at least one triple bond.

What is an alkyne?

400

This element can form ring, chain, and network structures, making it the backbone of organic chemistry.

What is carbon?

500

These compounds have the same molecular formula but different structural formulas.

What are isomers?

React This Way

100

Soap is made through this reaction, which involves breaking fats with a base.

What is saponification?

200

The reaction between an alcohol and an organic acid produces this class of compound.

What is esterification?

300

This reaction involves one atom replacing another in a hydrocarbon.

What is a substitution reaction?

400

What type of reaction is represented by this equation?

What is Substitution?

500

Explain, in terms of chemical bonds, why the hydrocarbon in Equation 1 is unsaturated.

Ethene, C₂H₄, is an alkene. Alkenes have double bonds and are unsaturated. 

Isomer Mania

100

A molecule of any organic compound contains at least one atom of this element.

What is carbon?

200

What is (3) 2, 3- dimethylpentane?

300

Draw the structural formula for 2-butene.

Structural formula for 2-butene:

400

What is (2) ethyl

500

This compound is an isomer of C₂H₅OC₂H₅.

(1) CH₃COOH

(2) C₂H₅COOCH₃

(3) C₃H₇COCH₃

(4) C₄H₉OH

What is (4) C₄H₉OH.

Remember: Isomers are molecules with the same molecular formula but different structures!

(Same amount, just looks different)

Polymer Party

100

This is the molecular formula for the following structure.

What is C₄H₈O₂ ?

Count how many carbons, hydrogens, and oxygens.

200

This is the empirical formula for the following structure.

The molecular formula is C₄H₈O₂.

The empirical formula is C₂H₄O₁.

300

This element is present in ethyl ethanoate and makes it an organic compound.

What is carbon?

Remember: Organic compounds ALWAYS contain carbon. 

400

Identify the class of organic compounds to which the product of equation 1 belongs.

What is polymerization?

Polymerization: little things add up to become something greater!

500

Draw a structural formula for the product of equation 1.

1,2- dichloroethane