Organic Compounds
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- Created on: 23-03-13 07:01
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- Organic Compounds And Naming
- Simplest organic compounds contain hydrogen and carbon ONLY.
- Carbon:
- Can form bonds with other carbon atoms to make chains/rings.
- Can form single bonds/ double/triple bonds to another carbon atom.
- Can bond with atoms or other elements e.g hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen etc.
- Carbon:
- Functional Group: Are a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic reactions of a compound.
- Molecules with the same functional group react the similar way.
- Alkane: CnH2n+2
- Halogenoalkanes: CnH2n+1X
- Homologous series: A series of organic compounds having the same functional group but with each successive member differeing by CH2.
- Molecules are part of a homologous series as they:
- All share the same general formula
- Show a gradual change in physical proprties
- Contain the same functional group
- Similar chemical properties
- Molecules are part of a homologous series as they:
- Empirical formula: The simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element present in a compound.
- Molecular formula: The actual number of atoms of element in a molecule.
- Simplest organic compounds contain hydrogen and carbon ONLY.
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