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IME Organic Chemistry
Chapter 12 and up
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Organic Chemistry
Undergraduate 1
06/24/2011

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Term
Ionic bond
Definition
between a metal and a non metal
Term
Covalent
Definition
between a non-metal and a non-metal
Term
Organic chemistry works mainly with what four elements?
Definition
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
Term
What is an Alkane?
What is the general formula?
Definition
Saturated hydrocarbon (single bonds) in which carbon atom arraingment is acyclic.
Formula CnH2n + 2
ex: c-c-c-c-c-c Methane, ethane, propane CH4, C2H6, C3H8
Term
What is a structural formula?
Definition
Two dimensional structural representation that shows how the various atoms in a molecule are bonded together. H
H-C-H
H
Term
What is an Isomer?
Definition
A compound with the same molecular formula but different atom arraingment.
Term
What is a single carbon bond?
Definition
Alkane
Term
What is a couble carbon bond?
Definition
Alkene
Term
What is a triple carbon bond?
Definition
Alkyne
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