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MCAT Organic Chemistry

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1. Kmno4






2. Nucleus lover. electron rich species that are attracked to charged atoms






3. Nonsuperimposable mirror image of chiral objects - a specific steroisomer.






4. Two hydroxyl groups






5. Reaction of alkane with oxygen to form carbon dioxide - water and heat.






6. If a compound is able to rotate plane polarized light.






7. Carbonyl located in middle or somewhere in chane. Named with One






8. Most similar. same molecule only at different points in their rotation. show them with newmans projections






9. When two p orbitals line up in parallel and electron clouds overlap. it exsits over a single bond.






10. N - l - ml - ms






11. Not solvated






12. Name for propanal






13. Lowest priority group projects into the page






14. A sigma bond and two pi bonds






15. O3






16. In which one or morehydrogen atoms are replaced with a halogen atom. via free radical substitution






17. Ozonolysis under hot acidic kmO4 - e.g. H2O2 condition






18. Is bonded to only one other carbon atom






19. Carbon with four different substituents and lack a plane of symmetry






20. Results when cyclic molecules must assume conformations that have eclipsed interactions






21. Highest energy no separation. or 120 separation.






22. Fast process. double bond is nucleophile and attack x2. make cyclic halonium ion with either br or cl. and make dihalo trans






23. Transfer of electrions from one atome to another






24. Results when nonadjacent atoms or groups compete for space. dominant source of energy in flagpole interactions of the boat conformation. thus it goes in various conformations like chair boat and twist.






25. Arise from angle strain - torsional strian and nonbonded strain






26. Methyl are 60 degrees apart. kinda stable






27. Moleculse that have the opposite configuration at their one chiral center. or if multiple chiral centers - must have the opposite configuration at every one of their chiral centers to be enantiomers. identical physical properties and much of the same






28. No double bonds. it has the maximum number of hydrogens.






29. Diborane add to double bond. boron acts as lewis acid and attaches to less hindered carbon. hydride transferred to adjacent carbon. antimarkonikov - alcohol produced






30. Cleaves double bond in half - it only oxidizes the carbon to an aldehyde under reducing conditions. if ozidizing make same product as KMNO4






31. Object that is not superimposable upon mirror image






32. When two atomic orbitals combine. obtained mathematically by adding or subtracting wave functions. if sings are the same - make bonding - if different - less stable antibonding.






33. What are the best leaving groups?






34. Sharing of electron between atoms






35. Carbon double bonded to an oxygen






36. Formed by mixing different types of orbitals






37. Common name for ethyne






38. A = observed rotation / concentration * length






39. Reducing an alkene by adding molecular hydrogen to double bond with aid of metal catalyst. e.g. pt - pd - ni. takes place on surface of metal so it does syn addition






40. Occur when a molecule is broken down by heat. used to reduce the avverage molecular weight of heavy oils. c - c - bonds are cleave dand make small chain alkyl radicals that recombine to form different alkanes






41. When a molecular orbital is formed head to head or tail to tail. all single bonds are tehese.






42. How many stereoisomers can a molecule have with n chiral centers






43. Monosubstituted ethylene






44. Nonterminal alkenes are cleaved to form two molar equivalent of carvoxylic acid ..make keton






45. Alphabetical order of alkane rxn






46. M - chloroperoxybenzoic acid






47. One s and two p 120 degree apart






48. Differ in position of substitutents attached to a double bond or cycloalkane. Cis or trans or e or z






49. Name for ethanal






50. Nitrogen containing compound - longest chain attached to nitrogen used in backbone. use e and replace with AMINE. if more complex molecule present - use prefix amino. IF additional group added - use N-