Organics Intro

What is a hydrocarbon?

• Compound of hydrogen and carbon only

• Compound of hydrogen and oxygen only

• Compound of oxygen and carbon only

• Compound of nitrogen and carbon only

What does the empirical formula represent?

• Arrangement of atoms in the molecule of a compound

• Symbols for each atom in a compound

• Actual numbers of each element in a compound

• Simplest whole number ratio of each element in a compound

What is a homologous series?

• Series of compounds with the same general formula and similar properties

• Series of compounds with different general formula and similar properties

• Series of compounds with the same general formula and different properties

• Series of compounds with different general formula and different properties

What is isomerism?

• Compounds with the same molecular formula exist in the same form due to different arrangements of atoms

• Compounds with the same molecular formula exist in different forms due to different arrangements of atoms

• Compounds with different molecular formula exist in the same form due to different arrangements of atoms

• Compounds with different molecular formula exist in different forms due to different arrangements of atoms

What is the suffix for alkenes?

• ol

• ane

• anoic acid

• ene

How would you write the structural formula for C₂H₂?

• CH≡CH

• CH₂CH₂

• C≡C

• CH₃CH₃

What type of reaction involves only one product?

• Addition

• Substitution

• Combustion

• None of the above

What type of reaction involves two products?

• Substitution

• None of the above

• Combustion

• Addition