organic chem
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xsmellymellyx95 on June 7, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alkanes | carbon carbon single bonds, saturated, ane |
| F | fluoro |
| Cl | chloro |
| Br | bromo |
| I | iodo |
| No2 | nitro |
| NH2 | amino |
| OH | hydroxyl |
| c6h5 | phenyl |
| alkene | double bond |
| alkyne | triple bond |
| cis | same side |
| trans | opposing side |
| alkadienes | two double bonds |
| alkatrienes | three double bonds |
| -diyne | two triple bonds |
| -triyne | three triple bonds |
| napthalene | two benzenes |
| alcohol | hydroxyl OH, ol, diol, triol |
| aldehyde | c=o at the end al |
| ketone | c=o in the middle one |
| ketone and aldehyde | form from the oxidation of alcohols |
| carbonyl | c=o |
| ethers | oxygen as bridge between two hydrocarbon groups |
| organic acids | contain carboxyl COOH at the end of the parent chain |
| esters | produced by the reaction between organic acids and alcohols, c=o and c-o, ate |
| amines | NH2 |
| amides | carbonyl bonded to nitrogen |
| amino acis | carboxyl and amine group attatched to the same carbon |
| nitriles | nitrogen triple bond |
| substitution | replaces H with other atoms |
| addition | mostly alkenes and alkynes where a multiple bond is broken and two groups attach to the carbon chain |
| eleimination | removing water molecule from an alcohol forming a double bond and water or an ether and water |
| oxidation | forms more O bonds |
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