Across
- 3. a complex mixture of alkanes cycloalkanes and aromatic compounds
- 4. reaction where free radicals attack reactant molecules generating more free radicals
- 9. bond breaking that involves unequal distribution
- 12. sharing of electrons between non metals
- 13. they have the same molecular formula but different structural formulae
- 16. catalyst used in addition reaction to produce an alkane
- 17. an electron acceptor
- 18. reaction between alcohol and carboxylic acid
- 19. shape of ethane molecule
- 20. isomers with the same attachement of atoms but different arrangement of atoms in space
Down
- 1. a polymer when burnt releases hydrogen chloride gas and toxic compounds called dioxins
- 2. compounds of carbon and hydrogen only
- 5. saturated hydrocarbons
- 6. a group of atoms an organic compound has that determines the characteristic reactivity of that compound
- 7. breakdown of a molecule by water
- 8. bond with unequal sharing of electrons
- 10. an alkyl group carrying a single positive charge on one of its carbon atom
- 11. a carbon atom with four different groups attached
- 14. a donator of a pair of electrons
- 15. species produced when a bond breaks homolytically