General Definitions AS Chem

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A species with an unpaired electron
Radical
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Nuclophile
An electron pair donor
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An electron pair donor
Nucleophile
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An electron pair acceptor
An electrophile
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The ease of a liquid to turn into a gas, this increases as boiling point increases
Volatility
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The continual boiling and condensing of a reaction mixture to ensure the reaction takes place without the contents of the flask boiling dry
Reflux
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The reaction of an alcohol with a carboxylic acid to produce an ester and water
Esterification
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For esterification, the conditions required are
Heat and a concentrated acid catalyst, usually H2SO4
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An elimination reaction in which water is removed from a saturated molecule to produce an unsaturated molecule
Dehydration
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For dehydration, the reaction conditions are conc H3PO4 and heat or
Concentrated H2SO4, heat
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Halogen atoms are ____ electronegative than carbon atoms
More
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The electronegativity _____ down the group of halogens
Decreases
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A reaction with water or aqueous hydroxide ions that breaks a chemical compound into two compounds
Hydrolysis
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The rates of hydrolysis for halogenoalkanes can be determined using the experiment
Heated with aqueous silver nitrate with ethanol
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Atom economy =
(Molecular mass of desired/Molecular mass of all) * 100
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% yield =
(Actual amount in mol of product/Theoretical amount in mol of product) * 100
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This tells you the efficiency of converting reactants into products
Percentage yield
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Tells you the proportion of desired products compared with all the products formed
Atom economy
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The amount of vibration caused in covalent bonds depends on 3 things
The bond strength, then bond length, the mass of each atom involved in the bond
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Nuclophile

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An electron pair donor

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An electron pair donor

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An electron pair acceptor

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The ease of a liquid to turn into a gas, this increases as boiling point increases

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