Organics

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    What defines aliphatic compounds?

    Contain carbon chains and branches.

    How do aromatic compounds differ from aliphatic compounds?

    Contain one or more benzene rings.

    What is dehydrogenation?

    Involves the elimination of hydrogen.

    What role does an electrophile play in reactions?

    Electron pair acceptors that are attracted to regions of high electron density

    What is an elimination reaction?

    A molecule is lost from a saturated molecule to form an unsaturated one.

    What defines a free radical?

    Species with an unpaired electron.

    What is a functional group?

    the atom or group of atoms that isn't just a saturated hydrocarbon

    What is a homologous series?

    Groups of organic compounds that share the same functional group and have similar chemical properties e.g. alkenes

    What is a hydrocarbon?

    Molecule containing only hydrogen and carbon.

    What happens during hydrogenation?

    Hydrogen is added to a molecule.

    What is hydrolysis?

    Breaking of bonds due to reaction with water.

    What defines a nucleophile?

    Acts as a lone pair donor.

    What is a substitution reaction?

    An atom/group replaces another atom/group.

    What is homolytic fission

    Homolytic fission occurs when a covalent bond exists between two of the same atoms and breaks evenly, with each bonded atom taking one electron from the shared pair.

    What is heterolytic fission

    Heterolytic fission is the uneven breaking of a covalent bond, where both bonding electrons go to one atom. This produces two ions: one anion (the atom that takes both electrons) and one cation (the atom left with none)

    what is stereoisomerism

    geometric isomerism happens when there is a carbon carbon double bond with each carbon bond having two different groups bonded to it

    what is cis isomerism

    the groups that are the same are on the same sides of the double carbon bond

    what is trans isomerism

    the groups that are the same are across the carbon carbon double bond

    What does EZ isomerism place importance of in the groups

    atomic number

    What is E isomerism

    For E isomerism the highest priority groups are across the carbon carbon double bond

    What is Z isomerism

    Highest priority group is on the same size

    what are the three phases of the life cycle of a product

    birth- raw materials and energy are used to make the goods life- chemicals and energy needed to maintain the good death- energy is needed to recycle the goods or dispose of them

    what are some issues with using crude oil to make polymers

    known reserves won't last much into the next century large amounts of fossil fuels are used in extracting, transporting and processing crude oil to make specific products Many polymer products are disposed in landfill sites after use

    what are some issues with recycling plastic

    plastic can be melted and remoulded but products often contain more then one type of polymer which are hard to separate

    how else can polymers be recycled

    The polymers can be shredded and vaporised in the absence of air through pyrolysis. The vapours are cracked and the products distilled to make fuels

    What happens to some polymers that can't be recycled

    can be burnt and used as fuel. Incineration reduces waste by a lot but toxic gases can be formed.

    How do modern incinerators overcome the problems with burning polymers

    Modern incinerators use very high temperatures to ensure the breakdown of any harmful gases into harmless products. Before any of the gases are released they are cleaned to remove pollutants

    What is the problem with plastic bags

    they won't disintegrate when they get wet and that has caused pollution now.

    how are waste polymers disposed

    Can be sorted and recycled Can be incinerated to release energy Can be cracked to reform monomers Make biodegradable polymers minimise emissions of chemicals like S02 by high heat

    What is a good alternative to plastic bags

    make bags entirely from condensation polymers like polylactic acid. Completely biodegradable and will compost in months

    what conditions does thermal cracking happen under and what is the major product

    450 - 750 degrees 70 atm alkenes

    what conditions does catalytic cracking happen under

    500 degrees 1-2 atm Zeolite catalyst

    What are the major product of catalyctic cracking

    produces lots of branched alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons like benzene

    list the alkanes in order of increasing boiling point

    refinery gases petrol naptha kerosene diesel bitumen

    What is reforming

    turning straight chain hydrocarbons into branched chain hydrocarbons or aromatic hydrocarbons

    What is knocking

    When a fuel burns too early or not smoothly it creates a knocking sound. This is more likely with a fuel with a low octane rating

    What is the formula for benzene

    C6H6

    What is the name of the reaction mechanism when you add chlorine with an alkane with UV

    free radical substitution

    What is a fuel

    organic compound that is combusted to release energy/heat

    What is the positive result for an alkene test with acidified potassium manganate

    goes from purple to colourless

    what is the problem with polyethene

    breaks down to release toxic products

    What is an isomer

    molecules with the same molecular formula but with different arrangement of the atoms in space

    What are structural isomers

    the atoms are arranged in completely different orders. Like having a straight chain hydrocarbon vs a branched

    What is position isomerism

    the basic carbon skeleton remains the same but some important groups are moved around

    What is functional group isomerism

    same molecular formula but belong to different homologous series

    What is a chain isomer

    same molecular formula but different branches. Alkyls

    What are the different types of structural isomerism

    Positional Functional group Chain isomerism

    What is stereoisomerism

    the atoms on the molecule have joined up in the same order but still have a different spacial arrangement

    Why does Geometric isomerism only happen with Carbon Carbon double bonds

    as the double bond can't rotate. If there was a single bond the bond could flip and they wouldn't be isomers

    what happens during a nucleophile attack

    a species with a lone pair of electrons donates its electrons to a positive/partially positive species forming a covalent bond

    How is electrophilic addition different to nucleophile attack

    Because the electrophile - species with electron deficiency is the one that is attracted to the nucleophile first

    why are tertiary carbo cations favoured over primary carbo cations in the formation of the intermediate product

    tertiary carbocations are more stable then primary carbocations because they have more electron-releasing alkyll groups which stabilise it

    When considering pi bonds why are alkenes more reactive than alkanes

    the pi bond is weaker then the sigma bond and takes less energy to break. The pi bond is more accessible to electrophilic attack

    what is the type and mechanism most used in reactions of alkenes

    electrophilic addition

    why can stereoisomerism only occur in alkenes

    the double bond restricts rotation