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Material Type: Notes; Professor: Thomas; Class: General Chemistry II; Subject: Chemistry; University: Auburn University-Montgomery; Term: Unknown 1989;
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Many areas rely on organic chemistry
biologypetroleum industrypolymersgenetic engineeringagriculturepharmacologyconsumer products
Organic: overused wordOrganiccan be biological or chemical term
Biology:anything living or has livedChemistry:most substances containing carbon
Organic Chemistry
Today, organic chemistry is the studyof compounds containing carbon
Wohler, 1928
Synthesis of urea fromammonium cyanate
basis for all life
stable covalent bonds
catenationcatenationcatenationcatenation
forms C
forms long chain moleculesC
bonds with most elementsinfinite number of compoundspossible
Exists in 4 allotropic forms:
Soot
Sheets ofrings whichcan slip overeach other
Composed of rings
classify by functional group: specific combinations of atoms
hydrocarbons C & H contain onlyalcohols
acids
amines
2
ketones
aldehydes
Drawing Structures
Molecular formula:
C
4
H
10
Line representation:
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
3
Condensedformula
Drawing Structures
Molecular formula:
C
4
H
10
Line representation:
CH
3
CH
2
CH
2
CH
3
CH
3
(CH
2
)
2
CH
3
Space filling model
Simplest Aliphatic Hydrocarbons
Series of similar C & H compoundsCH
4
methane
C
2
H
6
ethane
C
3
H
8
propane
C
4
H
10
butane
C
5
H
12
pentane
C
6
H
14
hexane
n
2n+
2