| A | B |
|---|
| alkane | carbon compound with only single bonds between the carbon atoms |
| alkene | carbon compound containing one double bond |
| alkyne | carbon coumpound containing one triple bond the weakest kind of C-C bond) |
| alkadiene | carbon compound containing 2 double bonds |
| alcyclin | cycloalkanes, cycloalkenes, etc |
| aromatic | contains benzene |
| benzene | a tri-ene (C6H6) |
| methane | CH4- natural gas |
| ethane | C2H6- used to make beveragees |
| propane | C3H8- in grills |
| butane | C4H10- in lighters |
| pentane | C5H12 |
| hexane | C6H14 |
| heptane | C7H16- in gasoline |
| octane | C8H18- in gasoline |
| nonane | C9H20 |
| decane | C10H22 |
| methyl group | CH3 |
| ethyl group | C2H5 |
| propyl group | C3H7 |
| carboxyl group | COOH |
| amine | NH2 |
| alcohol | OH |
| organic chemsitry | study of carbon and its compounds |
| carbon oxides and carbonates | inorganic carbon compounds |
| hydrocarbon | simplest organic compound |
| fossil fuels | most of earth's hydrocarbons |
| molecular formula | tells number of atoms of each element in a molecule |
| structural formula | shows how the atoms in a molecule are bonded together |
| condensed structural formula | best formula to an organic chemist |
| alkane general formula | CnH2n+2 |
| alkene general formula | CnH2n |
| saturated hydrocarbon | carbon skeleton completely filled with hydrogens |
| unsaturated hydrocarbon | carbon compounds containing one or more double or triple bond |
| conformation | different structures created by bond rotation |
| isomer | same formula as another compound, but different bonding |
| napthalene | mothballs (2 benzene rings) |
| Fred Wohler | made urea in the lab, disproved vitalist theory |
| vitalist theory | only living things can make organic molecules (FALSE!) |
| allotrope | form of an element that has different bonding |
| carbon | small molecule with 4 valence electrons |
| organic bonding | covalent |
| ionic bonding | mostly ionic |
| organic polarity | non-polar |
| inorganic polarity | polar |
| organic formula weights | high |
| inorganic formula weights | low |
| organic mp/bp | low |
| inorganic mp/bp | high |
