Organic Vocab

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  1. 3. a compound that contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms
  2. 6. the longest continuous chain of carbon atoms in an organic compound
  3. 9. a molecule with the same molecular formula but different structure as another molecule
  4. 12. a ring of carbon atoms containing alternating solution
  5. 13. the chemical addition of hydrogen to a compound
  6. 14. an organic compound with the general formula RCOOR
  7. 15. a two-dimensional representation of molecules that not only shows the number and type of atoms, but also how the atoms are boned together
  8. 16. a benzene in which two hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an atom or group of atoms
  9. 18. a hydrocarbon in which all carbon atoms are connected by single bonds
  10. 22. in an organic molecule, any group containing only singly bonded carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms
  11. 27. a molecule with many similar units, called monomer, bonded together in a long chain
  12. 28. a shorthand way of writing a structural formula
  13. 33. an organic compound that contains nitrogen and has the general formula NR3, where R may be an alkyl group of a hydrogen atom
  14. 34. a molecule formed by the joining together of two smaller molecules
  15. 36. a reaction in which one or more atoms are replaced by one or more different atoms
  16. 37. a polymer formed by addition of monomers to one another without elimination of any atoms
  17. 39. an organic compound with the general formula RCHO
  18. 40. an organic compound with the general formula ROR
  19. 41. a carbon atom double bonded to an oxygen atom
  20. 43. the term for a benzene ring when other substituents are attached to it
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  1. 1. a set of atoms that characterizes a family of organic compounds
  2. 2. the study of carbon-containing compounds and their reactions
  3. 4. a hydrocarbon that contains at least one double bond between carbon atoms
  4. 5. a molecule whose main structural component is carbon
  5. 7. polymers that are composed of two different kinds of monomers and result in chains composed of alternating units rather than a single repeating unit
  6. 8. a class of polymers that expel atoms, usually water, during their formation of polymerization
  7. 10. a hydrocarbon that contains one or more double or triple bonds between its carbon atoms
  8. 11. an individual repeating unit that makes up a polymer
  9. 17. an organic compound containing an –OH functional group bonded to a carbon atom and having the general formula ROH
  10. 19. an organic compound with the general formula RCOOH
  11. 20. a benzene in which one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced by another atom or group of atoms
  12. 21. the burning of a substance in the presence of oxygen
  13. 23. hydrocarbon-based fuels that originate from plant and animal life that existed on Earth in prehistoric times
  14. 24. a mystical or supernatural power that, it was once believed, was possessed only by living organisms and allowed them to produce organic compounds
  15. 25. a hydrocarbon that contains no double or triple bonds between the carbon atoms
  16. 26. a chemical reaction in which additional atoms or functional groups add to a molecule
  17. 29. an alkane composed of carbon atoms bonded in a straight chain with no branches
  18. 30. an atom or a group of atoms that has been substituted for a hydrogen atom in an organic compound
  19. 31. a group of organic compounds with the same functional group
  20. 32. the belief that living things contain a nonphysical “force” that allows them to synthesize organic compounds
  21. 35. an alkane composed of carbon atoms bonded in chains containing branches
  22. 38. an organic compound with the general formula RCOR
  23. 42. a hydrocarbon that contains at least one triple bond between carbon atoms