CONSUMER CHEMISTRY Review (First Quarter)

Organic chemistry is primarily the study of compounds containing:

• carbon
• nitrogen
• hydrogen
• oxygen

What is the major difference between organic and inorganic compounds?

• Inorganic compounds are soluble in water

• Organic compounds contain carbon-hydrogen bonds

• Organic compounds are always ionic

• Inorganic compounds always contain carbon

Which of the following is NOT an organic compound?

• Sodium chloride (NaCl)
• Glucose (C6H12O6)
• Ethanol (C2H5OH)
• Acetic acid (C2H4O2)

Which of the following is an aromatic compound?

• Benzene
• Hexane
• Cyclohexane
• Toluene

Who is known as the “Father of Organic Chemistry”?

• Robert Boyle
• Antoine Lavoisier
• Dmitri Mendeleev
• Friedrich Wöhler

What important discovery did Friedrich Wöhler make in 1828?

• Discovered the structure of benzene

• Identified the first amino acid

• Synthesized urea from ammonium cyanate

• Discovered carbohydrates

He laid the foundation of stereochemistry.

• August Kekulé

• Louis Pasteur

• Emil Erlenmeyer

• John Wesley Hyatt

He developed thermal cracking for the synthesis of many organic chemicals.

• Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov

• Francis Aston

• Kathleen Lonsdale

• Wallace Carothers

He has been given credit for preparing the first synthetic polymer.

• August Kekulé

• John Wesley Hyatt

• Adolf von Baeyer

• Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov

Which of the following is an organic compound?

• Na₂CO₃

• C₂H₅OH

• NaHCO₃

• CO₂