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Details Title: Carbon and Hydrocarbons Key Te Description: Chapter 20 Key Terms Total Flash Cards: 16 Created: 03/15/2004 06:00:53	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term delocalized electrons Definition an electron shared by more than two atoms Term diamond Definition a colorless,crystalline, solid form of carbon Term fullerenes Definition dark-colored solids made of sherically networked carbon-atom cages Term graphite Definition a soft, black crystalline form of carbon that is a fair conductor of electricity Term organic compounds Definition covalently bonded compounds containing carbon, excluding carbonates and oxides Term catenation Definition the covalent binding of an elements to itself to form chains or rings Term hydrocarbons Definition composed of only cardon and hydrogen: they are simplest organic compounds Term isomers Definition compounds that have the same molecular formula but differt structures Term structural formula Definition indicates the number and types of atoms present in a molecule and also shows the bonding arrangement of the atoms Term structural isomers Definition isomers in which the atoms are bonded together in different orders Term geometric isomers Definition isomers in which the order of atom bonding is the same but the arrangement of atoms in space is different Term saturated hydrocarbons Definition hydrocarbons in which each carbon atom in the molecule forms four single covalent bonds with other atoms Term alkanes Definition hrdrocarbons that contain only single bonds Term homologous series Definition one in which adjactent members differ by a constant unit Term cycloalkanes Definition alkanes in which the carbon atoms are arranged in a ring or cyclic structure Term alkyl groups Definition groups of atoms that are formed when one hydrogen atom is removed from an alkane molecule