CHEM 121 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PORTAGE LEARNING
MODULE 7
aromatic hydrocarbons are used:
to make a great variety of products such as plastics, fibers, rubber, paints,
flavoring agents, drugs, explosives (TNT), and higher octane gasoline.
What distinguishes aromatic hydrocarbons from the other aliphatic
hydrocarbons?
All aromatics contain one or more benzene rings
Two special rules for naming benezene compounds (aromatic
hydrocarbons) are:
(1) the benzene ring is called a phenyl group when named as a substituent
(2) the disubstituted benzenes are also called (ortho = 1, 2), (meta = 1, 3), and
(para = 1, 4).
The four families of hydrocarbons are:
alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics
Saturated hydrocarbons contain _____________ while unsaturated
hydrocarbons contain ________________.
all C-C single bonds / at least one double or triple carbon bond
The #2 carbon in the following compound is what type: 1°, 2°, 3° or 4°?
Why? (image of 2-methylbutane)
, The #2 carbon in the following compound is 2° since it has 2 carbons directly
attached.
Cyclohexene is a hydrocarbon containing _____carbons, a ________ and a
_______ bond.
6 / ring / C=C double
functional groups
A specific configuration of atoms commonly attached to the carbon skeletons of
organic molecules and involved in chemical reactions. This non-hydrocarbon
portion of the molecule largely determines how the molecule behaves (functions).
Alkyl Halides
organic compounds in which one or more halogen atoms (fluorine, chlorine,
bromine, or iodine) are substituted for one or more hydrogen atoms in a
hydrocarbon
Alcohols (functional group)
a family of organic compounds that a family that contains one or
more hydroxyl (-OH) groups attached to a hydrocarbon. General formula R-
OH (R represents a hydrocarbon group)
Ethers
Oxygen-containing organic family, General formula R-O-R (where R represents a
hydrocarbon group)
general formula of an alcohol
R-OH (R represents the hydrocarbon portion of the molecule)
alcohol suffix
MODULE 7
aromatic hydrocarbons are used:
to make a great variety of products such as plastics, fibers, rubber, paints,
flavoring agents, drugs, explosives (TNT), and higher octane gasoline.
What distinguishes aromatic hydrocarbons from the other aliphatic
hydrocarbons?
All aromatics contain one or more benzene rings
Two special rules for naming benezene compounds (aromatic
hydrocarbons) are:
(1) the benzene ring is called a phenyl group when named as a substituent
(2) the disubstituted benzenes are also called (ortho = 1, 2), (meta = 1, 3), and
(para = 1, 4).
The four families of hydrocarbons are:
alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics
Saturated hydrocarbons contain _____________ while unsaturated
hydrocarbons contain ________________.
all C-C single bonds / at least one double or triple carbon bond
The #2 carbon in the following compound is what type: 1°, 2°, 3° or 4°?
Why? (image of 2-methylbutane)
, The #2 carbon in the following compound is 2° since it has 2 carbons directly
attached.
Cyclohexene is a hydrocarbon containing _____carbons, a ________ and a
_______ bond.
6 / ring / C=C double
functional groups
A specific configuration of atoms commonly attached to the carbon skeletons of
organic molecules and involved in chemical reactions. This non-hydrocarbon
portion of the molecule largely determines how the molecule behaves (functions).
Alkyl Halides
organic compounds in which one or more halogen atoms (fluorine, chlorine,
bromine, or iodine) are substituted for one or more hydrogen atoms in a
hydrocarbon
Alcohols (functional group)
a family of organic compounds that a family that contains one or
more hydroxyl (-OH) groups attached to a hydrocarbon. General formula R-
OH (R represents a hydrocarbon group)
Ethers
Oxygen-containing organic family, General formula R-O-R (where R represents a
hydrocarbon group)
general formula of an alcohol
R-OH (R represents the hydrocarbon portion of the molecule)
alcohol suffix
