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MCAT Organic Chemistry
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1. Goal is to produce most stable carbocation
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2. In presence of peroxide - oxygen or ultraviolet light. antimarkonikov because they want a stable free radical. therefore X ends up on least subsituted carbon
C3H8 + 5O2 = 3CO2 + 4H2O + heat
molecular orbital
electrophilic addition of free radicals
y- root - en -x-yne
3. When bond angles deviate from ideal values
conformational isomer
aprotic solvent
angle strain
lindlar's catalyst
4. Lowest priority group projects into the page
hybridization
fischer projection
electrophile
electrophilic addition of free radicals
5. Chain of carbons connected by single bonds with hydrogen atoms attached.
Alkane
Vinyl
electrophilic addition
nucleophile
6. Reaction of alkane with oxygen to form carbon dioxide - water and heat.
racemic mixture
not ignored
potassium permanganate
Combustion
7. One s and three p orbitals
nucleophile
sp3
cold potassium permanganate
meso compound
8. M - chloroperoxybenzoic acid
conformational isomer
alkyne
mcpba
nucleophile
9. Carbonyl located in middle or somewhere in chane. Named with One
ketone
polymerization
quantum numbers
anti conformation
10. A molecule with an internal plane of symmetry
pi bond
meso compound
torsional strain
electrophilic addition of H2O
11. Always receive number one. contain carbonyl and OH group - very oxidized. highest priority functional group.
carboxylic acid
electrophilic addition
optical activity
halogen
12. Use the Greek root for the number of carbons followed by the ending - - ane
Alkane nomenclature
enantiomer
hybridization
Alkyne
13. Same molecular formula but different structure
ionic bond
isomer
electrophilic addition
Alkane nomenclature
14. 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
lindlar's catalyst
catalytic hydrogenation
reducing
ring strain
15. If a compound is able to rotate plane polarized light.
optical activity
stereoisomers
ionic bond
amines
16. Creation of long - high molecular weight polymer composed of repeating subunit called monomers. occur through a radical mechanism.
alkyne
electrophilic addition
pyrolysis
polymerization
17. Carbon with four different substituents and lack a plane of symmetry
aldehyde
sp2
chiral center
primary carbon
18. Sharing of electron between atoms
oxidizing
covalent bond
Ignored
triple bond
19. A sigma bond and two pi bonds
optical activity
Combustion
racemic mixture
triple bond
20. N - l - ml - ms
oxidation
quantum numbers
electrophilic addition of X2
alkyne
21. Common name for ethyne
Acetylene
enantiomer
electrophile
carbonyl
22. Water can be added to alkenes under acidic conditions. make carbocation. ends with alcohol
chiral
sigma bond
Alkane nomenclature
electrophilic addition of H2O
23. Share molecular formula but have different chemical and physical properties
angle strain
combustion - disproportionation - free - radical substitution - pyrolysis
ionic bond
structural isomers
24. Carbon carbon triple bonds. Suffix-yne.
quantum numbers
Alkyne
peroxycarboxylic acid
structural isomers
25. Two hydroxyl groups
achiral
pi bond
anti conformation
diol
26. Non mirror image of configurational isomers. cis and trans alkenes are them. possible when a molecule has two or more stereogenic centers that differ at some but not alll of the centers. they require multiple chiral centers.
disproportionation
eclipsed conformation
amines
diastereomers
27. Charged - need electrons
propionaldehyde
oxidation
polymerization
electrophile
28. Most similar. same molecule only at different points in their rotation. show them with newmans projections
ozonolysis
electrophilic addition of H2O
reducing
conformational isomer
29. 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.
nonbonded strain
diastereomers
mcpba
Acetylene
30. Y = position of double bond - x is position of triple bond - root is the prefix representing the length of the principal carbon chain
y- root - en -x-yne
mcpba
aprotic solvent
vicinal
31. Ozonolysis under hot acidic kmO4 - e.g. H2O2 condition
oxidizing
hot - acidic potassium permanganate
protic solvent
methylene
32. Carbon double bonded to an oxygen
stereoisomers
peroxycarboxylic acid
absolute configuration
carbonyl
33. Zn/h or CH3/s with ozonolysis
nonbonded strain
aprotic solvent
reducing
hydroboration
34. 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-
cold potassium permanganate
amines
electrophilic addition of X2
geminal
35. Functionality is specified by alkoxy- prefix. ROR
C3H8 + 5O2 = 3CO2 + 4H2O + heat
sp
initiation propagation termination
ethers
36. Configuration in relation to another chiral molecule. use it to determine if a molecule is an enantiomer - diastereomer - etc
relative configuration
Alkyne
potassium permanganate
alcohol
37. Spatial arrangement of the atoms or groups of a sterioisomer
sp2
carboxylic acid
Vinyl
configuration
38. Palladium or barium sulfate (BaSO4) with quinoline. occur on metal surface - make cis.
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39. When a molecular orbital is formed head to head or tail to tail. all single bonds are tehese.
Alkane
sigma bond
formaldehyde
protic solvent
40. Nonterminal alkenes are cleaved to form two molar equivalent of carvoxylic acid ..make keton
hot - acidic potassium permanganate
hydroboration
amines
conformational isomer
41. Name for ethanal
chiral center
Alkyne
vicinal
acetaldehyde
42. 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.
lindlar's catalyst
sigma bond
molecular orbital
Vinyl
43. Di - tri - t - sec - n -
Ignored
electrophilic addition of HX
Haloalkane
structural isomers
44. A = observed rotation / concentration * length
specific rotation
Acetylene
ozonolysis
relative configuration
45. No double bonds. it has the maximum number of hydrogens.
polymerization
molecular orbital
quantum numbers
saturated hydrocarbon
46. Alkene oxidized with this - strong oxidizing agent. CH3CO3H or mcpba and it makes epoxide or oxirane
vicinal
peroxycarboxylic acid
specific rotation
quantum numbers
47. Solvents with protons in solution - e.g. water or alcohol. large atoms tend to be better nucleophiles in here because they can shed the solvating protons around them and are more polarizable
protic solvent
torsional strain
chiral center
polymerization
48. More likely it is to attract positively charged proton. nucleophilic strength decreses: RO->HO>RCO2>ROH>H2O
basicity
specific rotation
oxidizing
torsional strain
49. Name for propanal
vicinal
ozonolysis
chiral
propionaldehyde
50. Is bonded to only one other carbon atom
primary carbon
disproportionation
Vinyl
angle strain