Organic Chemistry I — Flashcards

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Carbon has atomic number 6 and four electrons in its valence shell. It forms four covalent bonds to complete its octet. Carbon also shows catenation, can form single, double, and triple bonds, and sho…

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Catenation is the property of atoms of an element to link with one another by stable covalent bonds to form straight chains, branched chains, or rings. Carbon shows this property to the maximum extent…

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Carbon has four electrons in its valence shell and forms four covalent bonds to achieve a stable octet. This is called tetravalency. Example: methane, CH4, has four single covalent bonds around carbon…

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Organic chemistry is the branch of chemistry dealing with the study of hydrocarbons and the compounds which could be thought of as the derivatives of hydrocarbons.

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No. Carbon compounds such as CO, CO2, COCl2, and SiC are of different nature and are not regarded as organic compounds.

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Hydrocarbons are organic compounds made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms only. They are considered the parent compounds of many other organic compounds.

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Saturated hydrocarbons contain only single bonds and include alkanes. Unsaturated hydrocarbons contain double bonds or triple bonds and include alkenes and alkynes.

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General formula of alkanes: C_nH_{2n+2} [n = number of carbon atoms (integer 1,2,3,...)]…