Organic Chemistry
11 terms
Alcohol
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a saturated carbon atom.
R–OH
Aldehyde
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
A compound containing a carbonyl group bonded to at least one hydrogen atom, so it lies at the end of a chain.
R–CHO
Aldol Condensation
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
The base-catalysed reaction of two carbonyl compounds to give a beta-hydroxy carbonyl, which often dehydrates to an enone.
2RCH₂CHO → RCH₂CH(OH)CHRCHO
Alkane
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
A saturated hydrocarbon containing only single carbon–carbon bonds.
CₙH₂ₙ₊₂
Alkene
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
An unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon double bond.
CₙH₂ₙ
Alkyne
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
An unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
CₙH₂ₙ₋₂
Amide
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
A compound in which a carbonyl group is bonded directly to nitrogen.
R–CO–NH₂
Amine
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
A compound derived from ammonia by replacing one or more hydrogens with alkyl or aryl groups.
R–NH₂, R₂NH, R₃N
Anti-Markovnikov Addition
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
Addition in which the hydrogen attaches to the carbon bearing fewer hydrogens, reversing the normal regiochemistry.
Arene
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
An aromatic hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings.
CₙH₂ₙ₋₆
Aromaticity
Organic Chemistry
kJ/mol
The special stability of planar cyclic molecules with a continuous, fully conjugated system of delocalised pi electrons.
planar, cyclic, conjugated, 4n+2 π