Basic concepts and hydrocarbons

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Hydrocarbons
Organic compunds containing only hydrogen and carbon
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Saturated hydrocarbon
A hydrocarbon with single bonds only
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Unsaturated hydrocarbon
A hyrdocarbon with carbon-carbon double bonds
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Aliphatic hydrocarbon
A hydrocarbon with carbon atoms joined together in straight or branched chains
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Alicyclic hydrocarbon
A hydrocarbon with carbon atoms joined together in a ring structure
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Functional group
The part of an organic molecule responsible for its chemical reactions
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Homologous series
A series of organic compounds with the same functional group but with each successive member differing by CH2
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Alkanes
The homologous series with the general formula CnH2n+2
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Nomenclature
A system of naming compounds
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An alkyl group
Ana alkane with a hydrogen removed
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General formula
The simplest algebraic formula of a member of a homologous series
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Displayed formula
The relative positioning of atoms within a molecule and the bonds between them
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Structural formula
The minimal detail for the arrangement of atoms in a molecule
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Skeletal formula
A simplified organic formula, showing just the carbon skeleton and related functional groups
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Structural isomers
Molecules with the same molecular formula but with different structural arrangements of atoms
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Stereoisomers
Compounds with the same structural formulas, but with a different arrangement of atoms in space
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E/Z isomerism
A type of stereoisomerism in which different groups attached to each each carbon of a C=C may be arranged differently in space because of the C=C's restriction of movement
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cis/trans isomerism
A type of E/Z isomerism in which there is a hydrogen and a non-hydrogen group on each carbon of the C=C.
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cis/Z isomer
When the groups that are the same on each carbon are on the same side
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trans/E isomer
When the groups that are the same on each carbon are on different sides of the bond
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A hydrocarbon with single bonds only

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Saturated hydrocarbon

Card 3

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A hyrdocarbon with carbon-carbon double bonds

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Card 4

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A hydrocarbon with carbon atoms joined together in straight or branched chains

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Card 5

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A hydrocarbon with carbon atoms joined together in a ring structure

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