Organic Chemistry I Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• organic chemistry : this is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.
• four : carbon has this bonding capacity.
• nitrogen : this element has a bonding capacity of 3.
• halogens : the elements within this family have a bonding capacity of 1.
• oxygen : this element has a bonding capacity of 2.
• tetrahedral : the bonding of carbon is special; it has 4 valence electrons all equally spaced apart in this shape.
• double or triple : carbon can form these types of bonds.
• molecular : this type of formula gives the actual number of atoms of each type of element present in one molecule of a specific compound.
• structural : this type of formula shows all the atoms of each type of element that are present in a compound and how they are bonded.
• complete : this type of structural formula is a graphic representation of a chemical compound that illustrates the arrangement of all atoms involved and the bonds between them.
• condensed : this type of structural formula is a simplified representation of a chemical compound that shows all atoms involved but is written in a single line of text.
• skeletal : this type of structural formula is a simplified representation of an organic compound’s structure, focusing on the carbon skeleton & omitting hydrogen atoms.
• straight chained : these organic compounds have all the carbons in a row.
• branched : these organic compounds do not have all the carbons in a row.
• saturated : this type of organic compound contains only c-c single bonds.
• unsaturated : these types of organic compounds contain c=c double bonds or c=c triple bonds.
• prop- : this prefix, used when naming an organic compound, means that it has 3 carbons in its longest carbon chain.
• oct- : this prefix, used when naming an organic compound, means that it has 8 carbons in its longest carbon chain.
• alkane : this is the general name of an organic compound that only has single c-c bonds.
• structural isomer : these are compounds with the same molecular formula, but each compound has a different arrangement of atoms.
• methyl : this carbon branch has 1 carbon and 3 hydrogens.
• chloro : this is an example of the name of a carbon chain “branch” that is a halogen.
• alkene : this is the general name given to an organic compound that has at least one c=c double bond.