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Organic Chemistry, Formulae - Coggle Diagram
Organic Chemistry
An organic compound
is identified as having carbon atoms that are held together through covalent bonding.
Hydrocarbons
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Hydrocarbon derivatives, particularly plastics
has three categories
Saturated
hydrocarbons
Acyclic(not cyclic, having an open chain structure) saturated hydrocarbon are called Alkanes
General Formula =>CnH2n+ => means that for every carbon, the number of hydrogen is double that number plus two.
These are the simplest type of hydrocarbons, and only have single bonds. As such, they’re saturated with hydrogen because all the other non-carbon-to-carbon bonds are occupied by hydrogen atoms. For example, methane has one carbon atom but four hydrogen atoms.
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other carbon-based compounds containing
oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus and halogens
Definition
Organic chemistry is primarily about the study of carbon-based compounds, including their chemical properties, physical properties, structures, and reactions.
Formulae
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General formula
Allows us to work out the molecular formula for any member of a family of molecules
e.g) CnH2n+2
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