Organic Chemistry
7 terms
Cannizzaro Reaction
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
The disproportionation of an aldehyde with no alpha hydrogen under concentrated alkali into an alcohol and a carboxylate.
2RCHO + OH⁻ → RCH₂OH + RCOO⁻
Carbanion
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
An organic ion in which a carbon atom bears a negative charge and a lone pair.
R₃C⁻
Carbocation
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
An organic ion in which a carbon atom bears a positive charge and only six valence electrons.
R₃C⁺
Carboxylic Acid
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
A compound containing a carboxyl group, in which a carbonyl and a hydroxyl group share the same carbon.
R–COOH
Chain Isomerism
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
Structural isomerism arising from different arrangements of the carbon skeleton.
Chirality
Organic Chemistry
Dimensionless
The property of a molecule that makes it non-superimposable on its mirror image.
Conformational Isomerism
Organic Chemistry
kJ/mol
The different spatial arrangements a molecule can adopt through rotation about single bonds.