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Organic Chemistry I Final
Review Chapters 1-13
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Organic Chemistry
Undergraduate 2
05/17/2013

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Term
Life Force (Vis Vitalis) Theory: 1828 Friedrich Wohler  
Definition

ammonium cyanate -> evaporation -> Urea

  • Disproved vitalism
  • Showed properties of molecules depend on structure of atoms. 
Term
Valencies
Definition

# of bonds to diff. elements

 

C (tetravalent)

N (trivalent)

O (divalent)

H (monovalent)

Term
Constitutional Isomers
Definition

Same # of atoms, but they are connected differently to each other. 

 

ex:  C-C-O-H   and    C-O-C-H


Term
Nobel Prize : Henricus van't Hoff and Joseph Achille
Definition
Tetrahedral shape of methane, each bond angle is a perfect 109.5° 
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Resonance
Definition

Carbonate for example, whose real structure is a resonance hybrid or mixture of all three Lewis structures. Double headed arrows are used to show the three Lewis structures resonance contributors. 

 

 

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