Review
Organic Chemistry - CORRECT ANSWER-
Chemistry of compounds CONTAINING carbon
Inorganic Chemistry - CORRECT ANSWER-
Chemistry of compounds NOT containing carbon
What is the simplest organic compound? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Methane
Three ways to represent organic compounds -
CORRECT ANSWER-1.) Condensed structural
formula
2.) Dash Formula
3.) Bond-line formula ("stick figure")
Bond-line formula - CORRECT ANSWER-Each
intersection and endpoint is a carbon atom; H
atoms are assumed.
*If a hydrogen is bonded to a heteroatom, YOU
MUST DRAW THE HYDROGEN IN! (i.e. -OH)
, Functional Groups - CORRECT ANSWER-R=any
generic carbon containing group
Alkanes - CORRECT ANSWER-Carbon-Carbon
single bond
Alkenes - CORRECT ANSWER-Carbon-Carbon
double bond
Alkynes - CORRECT ANSWER-Carbon-Carbon
triple bond
Aromatics (Arenes) - CORRECT ANSWER-Six-
carbon rings; 3 double bonds
Haloalkanes (Alkyl halides) - CORRECT
ANSWER-Carbon-Halogen bond (i.e. C-F, Cl, Br,
I)
Alcohols - CORRECT ANSWER-Carbon-Oxygen-
Hydrogen bond
Ethers - CORRECT ANSWER-Carbon-Oxygen-
Carbon bond