Definition of 'Chemistry' and 'Organic'
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- Question #7889a
- Why are organic compounds important?
- How are compounds in organic chemistry named?
- What is the line formula of #CH_3CH_2CH_2C(CH_3)^3#?
- What is this functional group: #(CH_3)_2C=CHCH_3#?
- What is the general formula of a carboxylic acid?
- What is a carboxyl group?
- What is an alkane?
- What is the formula of the ethyl group?
- What is a functional group in organic chemistry?
- How does organic chemistry differ from inorganic chemistry?
- Question #01e00
- Are there molecules that interconvert between isomers upon irradiation with UV light?
- Question #4d8fc
- Question #bb218
- Question #386fb
- Question #d30a7
- Question #bb29f
- Question #66e43
- Question #552ea
- Why are isomers important?
- What are the structural Isomers of C4H10?
- What is the difference between a structural isomer, a geometric isomer, and an enantiomer?
- What is the difference between constitutional isomers and stereoisomers?
- What are the differences between geometric isomers and optical isomers?
- What is the difference between enantiomers and chiral molecules?
- Why are amines soluble in HCl?
- Why are amines soluble in acid?
- Why are amines soluble in water?
- Why are amines basic in nature?
- What are amines used for?
- Why is isopropyl alcohol polar?
- How does isopropyl alcohol differ from water in polarity?
- Why does isopropyl alcohol evaporate quickly?
- Why is isopropyl alcohol a good solvent?
- Why is isopropyl alcohol soluble in water?
- Why is isopropyl alcohol used to zero the spectrophotometer?
- Why is benzene stable?
- Why is benzene dangerous?
- Why is benzene stable?
- Why is benzene nonpolar?
- Why is benzene carcinogenic?
- Why is benzene aromatic?
- What is benzene used for today?
- What does benzene look like?
- What is benzene found in?
- How would you synthesize benzene?
- How do you name benzene rings?
- How do you name benzene derivatives?
- How do you draw benzene?
- How was benzene was discovered?
- How does benzene react?
- Does benzene dissolve in water?
- How can benzene be converted into acetophenone?
- How can benzene be separated from thiophene chemically?
- How do you remove benzene from water?
- How does benzene differ from hexane?
- How does benzene differ from other cyclic hydrocarbons?
- How does phenol differ from benzene?
- Why is benzene insoluble in water?
- Why is benzene not considered a cycloalkene?
- What does polymerize mean?
- What is polymer emulsion?
- What happens during the process of polymerization?
- What is the equation to represent the polymerization of ethene?
- How do you polymerize butanol and what is the polymer that is produced by this reaction?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of emulsion polymerization as compared to bulk and solution polymerization?
- What is the difference between condensation polymerization and addition polymerization?
- What is the equation to represent the polymerization of ethene?
- How does a polymer break down?
- What are the structural isomers of C3H9N?
- What are the structural isomers of cyclopentane?
- How many constitutional isomers are there for C6H12?
- How many isomers are there of C3H6O (acetone)?
- How many constitutional isomers are possible for the formula C4H9Cl?
- What are the seven isomers of C4H10O?
- What are the four possible constitutional isomers for the molecular formula C3H5Br?
- How many constitutional isomers of C4H8O are there?
- How would you draw constitutional isomers for the molecular formula C4H8?
- What is the difference between structural isomer, geometric isomers, and enantiomers?
- How many constitutional isomers are possible for C4H9Br?
- What is the difference between an identical and a structural isomer?
- How many isomers of C4H8Cl2 are possible?
- How many isomers does C2H4Cl2 have?
- What are the names of the isomers for C4H8Br2?
- How many constitutional isomers in C4H8ClF?
- What are the two isomers of the organic compound C2H4Br2?
- How would you name the structures of the twelve constitutional isomers for the cycloalkane formula C6H12?
- What are london dispersion forces?
- Which one of the noble gases will will have the strongest london dispersion forces?
- Do any of the following compounds exhibit london dispersion forces: CO, NH3, CO2, CH4, and H2?
- What are dipole-dipole force, london forces and hydrogen forces?
- Which of the following elements experiences the greatest london dispersion forces: fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine?
- What does the strength of london dispersion forces between molecules depend on?
- Is there a relationship between molar mass and london dispersion forces?
- Is the London dispersion force greater between molecules of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) or molecules of water (H2O)?
- What types of molecules does london dispersion occur between?
- What intermolecular force does liquefying helium have?
- When are tetrahedral molecules polar and when are they nonpolar?
- Why is PtCl4^2- square planar?
- Is HCN linear, tetrahedral, or trigonal planar?
- Is SiCl4 square planar or tetrahedral?
- Which of the following species is tetrahedral: SiCl4, SeF4, XeF4, or POCl3 ?
- How many tetrahedral angles are there in a methane molecule?
- What is the bond angle in a water molecule?
- Why is the basic shape of alkanes tetrahedral?
- What atoms do organic molecules contain?
- What element is found in all organic molecules?
- What are the 4 major classes of organic molecules found in living things?
- What are the characteristics of organic molecules?
- Do all organic compounds contain C, O and H?
- How can indicators be used to test for the presence of different organic molecules?
- What type of organic molecule are enzymes composed of?
- What is the process that forms large organic molecules?
- Why do all organic compounds contain carbon?
- The atoms in organic molecules are held together by what type of bonds?
- What are four common characteristics of all organic molecules?
- Would you expect an organic compound to be soluble in water?
- Do all organic molecules contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
- What is cyclic acetal?
- What is the major difference between a cyclic hemiacetal and a cyclic acetal?
- What is the structure of the hemiacetal formed by reaction of butanone with methanol?
- What is the difference between a reducing sugar and a non-reducing sugar?
- What is the structural formula of the acetal produced when methanol adds to propanone?
- Why must acetal formation occur in acidic conditions and not in basic conditions?
- What is the difference between tautomerization and resonance?
- Why is keto is more stable than enol?
- What is a glycosidic bond?
- What is the major difference between a cyclic hemiacetal and a cyclic acetal?
- How would you convert an aldehyde to a ketone?
- What is a cyclic acetal?
- What is the difference between acetal and ketal ?
- What is the structure of the acetal formed by reaction of ethanol with acetophenone?
- Can ketones form hemiacetals?
- What is the mechanism reaction of ketone with alcohol to form hemiketal?
- What does alpha acetal linkage mean?
- What is the difference between glucose and glycogen?
- What is the functional group that links two monosaccharides in a disaccharide?
- What is the product of the oxidation of a ketone?
- What is the difference between a reducing disaccharide and a nonreducing disaccharide?
- What kind of compound is produced by the hydrogenation of an aldehyde or a ketone?
- When 1 mol of NaBH4 is used to reduce ketone, how many moles of hydride is used?
- What is the reaction of epoxide with grignard reagent?
- Why is ether used as the solvent during Grignard reactions?
- How does a terminal alkyne react in a Grignard reaction, will the carbonyl carbon attack the terminal carbon?
- Why do we add #"HCl"# in a Grignard reaction workup?
- Why does the glassware have to be dry in a grignard reaction?
- Does alcohol react with the Grignard reagents?
- Why do we need anhydrous ether to form a grignard reagent?
- What would happen if water reacted with Grignard reagent?
- Why is biphenyl formed as a by-product in a grignard reaction?
- Why is a Grignard reagent prepared in excess relative to an aldehyde?
- How do you write anhydride formulas?
- How do you synthesize anhydrides?
- How do anhydrides react with water?
- How do you make acetic anhydride?
- How does an anhydride differ from an acid?
- What are some ways acetic anhydride can be produced?
- How is maleic anhydride produced?
- How to determine anhydrides of acids and bases?
- How to make anhydride from carboxylic acid?
- Why is acetic anhydride used in aspirin synthesis?
- Why is maleic anhydride a good dienophile?
- Why is an alkyl group is denoted by #"R"#?
- What is an alkyl benzoate compound?
- What does alkyl mean?
- What are alkyl substituents?
- What are alkyl radicals?
- What alkyl group is CH3CH2?
- What alkyl group is CH2?
- How do you alkylate cysteine?
- How do you alkylate benzene?
- How do you alkylate an aldehyde?
- How do you alkylate an alcohol?
- How does alkylation damage DNA?
- How are alkyl halides reduced?
- How would you explain what a 1,2-alkyl shift is?
- How are alkyl groups electron donating?
- How can alkyl halides be prepared from alkanes?
- How do alkyl groups affect acidity?
- Why are alkyl groups hydrophobic?
- Why are liquid alkyl halides immiscible in water?
- Why are solid alkyl halides insoluble in water?
- Why is an alkyl group electron donating?
- Why is ethylene oxide dangerous?
- Why is ethyl alcohol poisonous?
- Why is ethyl acetate nonpolar?
- Why is ethylene used as monomer?
- Why is ethylene planar?
- Why is ethylamine basic?
- Why is ethyl alcohol neutral?
- Why is ethyl alcohol flammable?
- What is ethylene oxide?
- What is ethyl alcohol used for?
- What is ethylhexyl palmitate?
- What is ethylene glycol?
- How do you prepare ethyl acetate?
- What is esterification?
- How would you write the equation for the esterification reaction for acetic acid and ethyl alcohol to form ethyl acetate?
- How does sulfuric acid catalyze the preparation of esters?
- Why is sodium bicarbonate used in a Fischer Esterification reaction?
- Why is concentrated sulfuric acid used for fisher esterification and not dilute sulfuric acid?
- What are possible sources of error in an esterification lab?
- What is the difference between standard esterification and fischer esterification?
- How would you write the reaction of the esterfication of propanoic acid and ethanol?
- Why is esterification also called a dehydration reaction?
- Why is #NaHCO_3# used to neutralize #H_2SO_4# and not #NaOH#?
- What is the mechanism for a fischer esterification reaction between acetic acid and ethyl alcohol catalyzed by acid?
- What is the esterification reaction equation of benzyl alcohol and acetic acid?
- Is an esterification reaction exothermic or endothermic?
- What reaction is the opposite of esterification?
- Why are acetyl chloride or acetic anhydride used instead of acetic acid in preparing esters of acetic acid?
- What is the function of saturated NaCl and saturated NaHCO3 in Fischer esterification?
- What is the product of formic acid and ethanol?
- Why is sulphuric acid needed as a catalyst in an esterification reaction?
- How can Fischer esterification equilibrium be shifted to produce more ester?
- Why is Fischer esterification not useful for tertiary alcohols?
- What is a general formula for an ester?
- Why must water be removed during esterification?
- Is the esterification of glyceryl ethanoate a reversible equation?
- What is the nucleophile in Fischer Esterification?
- What is the function of the sulfuric acid in the fischer esterification?
- What side products are formed in the aldol condensation of dibenzalacetone?
- What is the product of a mixed aldol condensation between p-tolualdehyde (C8H8O) and acetone?
- What do you get when you react benzaldehyde and acetophenone with a base?
- What is structure of the cis and trans isomers of the compound piperonal?
- What is the product of the aldol condensation between cyclopentanone and 4-methylbenzaldehyde?
- What is the mechanism for synthesis of tetraphenylcyclopentadienone?
- Do all of the following molecules contain at least one bond angle at 120 degrees: SeS3, SeS2, PCl5, TeCl4, ICI3, and XeCl2?
- What is the bond angle of the C-N-H bond angle in (CH3)2NH?
- What are the bond angles of #PF_3Cl_2?#
- What are the bond angles in H3O?
- What is the bond angle in cumulene (C4H4), of the C=C=C bond and the H-C-H bonds?
- What is the approximate H—C—H bond angle in CH3^+?
- PI3Br2 is a nonpolar molecule, how would you determine the bond angle of I-P-I bond , Br-P-Br bond and I-P-Br bond angles?
- What are the bond angles of #"PF"_3# and #"H"_2"Se"#?
- What is the IUPAC name ?
- Question #ad36a
- Why is it important to have a basic understanding of organic chemistry?
- What is hybridization in organic chemistry?
- How can organic chemistry be used in everyday life?
- How is organic chemistry related to biochemistry?
- What neutralizes acid?
- What is the principle of flame emission spectroscopy?
- Question #083a1
- Question #85a02
- What is the saturated alcohol with TWO carbon atoms?
- Which of these compounds can undergo an addition reaction? Why?
- What is the addition reaction between chlorine and ethylene?
- Can an addition reaction occur between chlorine and ethane?
- What is the major product of the addition reaction below?
- What is the product of an addition reactions between butanol and water?
- What type of reaction is #CH_3CH_3 + Cl_2 → CH_3CH_2Cl + HCl#?
- What is the product of ethene mixed with bromine?
- When butane burns in an excess of oxygen what are the products?
- What types of hydrocarbons undergo addition reactions?
- What is an example of an addition reaction?
- How do substitution and addition reactions differ?
- What is an oxidative addition reaction?
- Why does an addition reaction increase the saturation of a molecule?
- Why is ethene and bromine an addition reaction?
- Why is polymerization a type of addition reaction?
- Which is the most powerful base: #A.# #NaOH#; #B.# #H_2O#; #C.# #K_2O#; #D.# #H_3C-MgCl#. What products would result from reaction with water?
- Question #a306c
- Question #f1b35
- Is there any organic compound that can rebond?
- Why is Inorganic Chemistry not an available topic on Socratic?
- What is the difference between #"organic chemistry"#, and #"inorganic chemistry"#?
- Why are aryl halides insoluble in water?
- Nitrogen atoms are part of the structure of some organic molecules, such as all amino acids and some modified carbohydrates. What other organic molecules contain nitrogen?
- Question #b8c08
- Why concentrated sulphuric acid is used as a catalyst instead of dilute sulphuric acid or a weak acid in esterification?
- What is the IUPAC name of the compound ?
- 2 of these 3 compunds are the same chemical compound? Circle which ones
- Question #bdebe
- How do we rationalize the chemistry of carbon?
- What atoms typically occur in organic compounds?
- If both double bond and triple bond exist while naming a compound according to IUPAC system, to whom should i give importance first ?