Organic Vocab
Across
- 3. a compound that contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms
- 6. the longest continuous chain of carbon atoms in an organic compound
- 9. a molecule with the same molecular formula but different structure as another molecule
- 12. a ring of carbon atoms containing alternating solution
- 13. the chemical addition of hydrogen to a compound
- 14. an organic compound with the general formula RCOOR
- 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
- 16. a benzene in which two hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an atom or group of atoms
- 18. a hydrocarbon in which all carbon atoms are connected by single bonds
- 22. in an organic molecule, any group containing only singly bonded carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms
- 27. a molecule with many similar units, called monomer, bonded together in a long chain
- 28. a shorthand way of writing a structural formula
- 33. an organic compound that contains nitrogen and has the general formula NR3, where R may be an alkyl group of a hydrogen atom
- 34. a molecule formed by the joining together of two smaller molecules
- 36. a reaction in which one or more atoms are replaced by one or more different atoms
- 37. a polymer formed by addition of monomers to one another without elimination of any atoms
- 39. an organic compound with the general formula RCHO
- 40. an organic compound with the general formula ROR
- 41. a carbon atom double bonded to an oxygen atom
- 43. the term for a benzene ring when other substituents are attached to it
Down
- 1. a set of atoms that characterizes a family of organic compounds
- 2. the study of carbon-containing compounds and their reactions
- 4. a hydrocarbon that contains at least one double bond between carbon atoms
- 5. a molecule whose main structural component is carbon
- 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
- 8. a class of polymers that expel atoms, usually water, during their formation of polymerization
- 10. a hydrocarbon that contains one or more double or triple bonds between its carbon atoms
- 11. an individual repeating unit that makes up a polymer
- 17. an organic compound containing an –OH functional group bonded to a carbon atom and having the general formula ROH
- 19. an organic compound with the general formula RCOOH
- 20. a benzene in which one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced by another atom or group of atoms
- 21. the burning of a substance in the presence of oxygen
- 23. hydrocarbon-based fuels that originate from plant and animal life that existed on Earth in prehistoric times
- 24. a mystical or supernatural power that, it was once believed, was possessed only by living organisms and allowed them to produce organic compounds
- 25. a hydrocarbon that contains no double or triple bonds between the carbon atoms
- 26. a chemical reaction in which additional atoms or functional groups add to a molecule
- 29. an alkane composed of carbon atoms bonded in a straight chain with no branches
- 30. an atom or a group of atoms that has been substituted for a hydrogen atom in an organic compound
- 31. a group of organic compounds with the same functional group
- 32. the belief that living things contain a nonphysical “force” that allows them to synthesize organic compounds
- 35. an alkane composed of carbon atoms bonded in chains containing branches
- 38. an organic compound with the general formula RCOR
- 42. a hydrocarbon that contains at least one triple bond between carbon atoms