4.1.1 basic concepts/key terms mindmap
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- basics and hydrocarbons
- formulas
- structural formula
- the minimal detail that shows the arrangement of atoms in a molecule
- displayed formula
- the relative positioning of atoms and the bonds between them
- skeletal formula
- the simplified organic formula shown by removing hydrogen atoms from alkyl chains
- leaving carbon skeleton and associated functional groups
- the simplified organic formula shown by removing hydrogen atoms from alkyl chains
- general formual
- the simplest algebraic formula of a member of a homologous series
- structural formula
- homologous series
- a series of organic compounds with the same functional group
- where each successive member differs by CH2
- functional group
- a group of atoms in a molecule responsible for the characteristic reactions of that compound
- a series of organic compounds with the same functional group
- philes
- nucleophile
- an electron-rich species that donates a pair of electrons
- electrophile
- a species that accepts a pair of electrons
- (is attracted to a region of high electron density)
- a species that accepts a pair of electrons
- nucleophile
- basics
- aliphatic
- a compound containing carbon and hydrogen joined in straight chains
- alicyclic
- an aliphatic compound arranged in non-aromatic rings
- aromatic
- a compound containing a benzene ring
- hydrocarbon
- a compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
- aliphatic
- isomers
- structural isomers
- compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulae
- stereoisomer
- compounds with the same structural formula but with a different arrangement in space
- structural isomers
- fission
- homolytic
- covalent bond breaks equally
- each of the bonded atoms takes one of the shared pair of electrons
- radical formed
- an atom with an unpaired electron
- radical formed
- each of the bonded atoms takes one of the shared pair of electrons
- covalent bond breaks equally
- heterolytic
- covalent bond breaks unequally
- one of the bonded atoms receives both electrons from shared pair
- forms cation and anion
- one of the bonded atoms receives both electrons from shared pair
- covalent bond breaks unequally
- homolytic
- formulas
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