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Paper 2 Matter and Materials

Organic Molecules
Organic molecular structures
· functional groups
· saturated and unsaturated structires
· isomers
· systematic naming
· formulae

Give condensed structural, structural and molecular formulae given the IUPAC name, or give the IUPAC name given the formla for:

Alkanes
  • maximum 8 carbons in the longest chain
  • branched alkanes with maximum three alkyl substituents
  • maximum two carbon atom per alkyl substituent
  • number longest chain beginning at end nearest to first substituent
  • arrange substituents alphabetical in name
  • know that alkanes are our most important fuels (fossil fuels)
  • combustion of alkanes (oxidation) is highly exothermic and carbon dioxide and water are produced:
Cycloalkanes
  • maximum of 6 carbon atoms per ring
  • maximum 3 alkyl substituents
  • maximum 2 carbon atms per alkyl substituent
Alkenes
  • maximum of 8 carbon atoms in the longest chain
  • branched akenes with maximum 3 alkyl substituents
  • maximum 2 carbon atoms per alkyl substituent
Cycloalkenes
  • maximum of 6 carbon atoms per ring
  • maximum 3 alkyl substituents
  • maximum 2 carbon atoms per alkyl substituent
Dienes
  • conjugated diens:
    (two double bonds separated by a single bond)
  • isolated dienes
    (one or more saturated carbon atoms between two double bonds)
  • cumulated diens
    (two double bonds formed to one carbon atom)
  • maximum 8 carbon atoms in the longest chain
  • branched dienes with maximum 3 alkyl substituents
  • maximum 2 carbon atoms per alkyl substituent
Alkynes
  • maximum 8 carbon atoms in the longest chain
  • branched alkynes with maximum 3 alkyl substituents
  • maximum 2 carbon atoms per alkyl substituent
Haloalkanes
  • maximum 8 carbon atoms in the longest chain
  • branched haloalkanes
    maximum two carbon atoms per alkyl group
  • halo alkanes can have one or more X-groups attached
    (X = F, Cl, Br or I
  • number longest chain beginning at end nearest to first substituent
    regardless of whether it is alkyl or halo
  • give alphabetical preference to substituents when longest chain can be numbered from either side
  • include cyclic haloalkanes for rings up to 6 carbons
    eg. 1,2-dibromocyclohexane
Alcohols
  • maximum 8 carbon atoms in the longest chain
  • primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols
  • branched alchols with maximum 3 alkyl substituents
  • maximum 2 carbon atoms per alkyl substituent
  • number longest chain beginning at end nearest to hydroxyl group
Carboxylic Acids
  • maximum 8 carbon atoms in the longest chain
  • branched carboxylic acids with maximum 3 alkyl substituents
  • maximum 2 carbon atoms per alkyl substituents
  • number longest chain beginning at end nearest to carboxyl group
Esters
  • maximum 8 carbon atoms in alkyl group (unbranched) attached to oxygen i.e. alcohol side of ester
    and maximum of 8 carbon atoms in carboxylic acid side (unbranched) of ester
  • know that an ester is the product of an acid catalysed condensation between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid.
  • identify the alcohol and carboxylic acis used to prepare a given ester and vice versa,
    and write an equation to represent this preparation
Amines
  • primary, secondary and tertiary alkyl-substituted amines
  • maximum 8 carbons in the longest alkyl substituent (unbranched)
  • use the longest chain as the stem in unsymmetrical secondary and tertiary amines
    indicate the other alkyl groups attached to nitrogen using the prefix N- or N,N-
Amides
  • alkyl-substituted amides
  • maximum of 8 carbon atoms in the stem
    i.e. the chain containing the carbon atom of the acyl group
  • if nitrogen is further substituted,
    name the substituents (maximum 3 carbon atoms) first preceded by N to identify them as directly substitued to the nitrogen
    followed by the name of the parent amide
Aldehydes
  • maximum 8 carbon atoms in the longest chain
  • branched aldehydes with maximum three alkyl substituents
  • maximum 2 carbon atoms per alkyl group
  • number longest chain beginning at end nearest to carbonyl group
Ketones
  • maximum of 8 carbos atoms in the longest chain
  • branched ketones with maximum 3 alkyl substituents
  • maximum 2 carbon atoms per alkyl group
  • number longest chain beginning at end closest to carbonyl group
Arenes (benzene rings)
  • maximum 3 alkyl substituents
    NO other functional groups)
  • maximum 2 carbon atoms per alkyl substituent

Explain the terms
  • functional groups
  • hydrocarbon
  • saturated
  • unsaturated
  • homologous series
  • isomer
    (structural isomers only)
Identify compounds that are:
  • saturated
  • unsaturated
  • isomers
    (up to 8 carbon atoms)