1/9/2007 arene n. Hydrocarbons that have special stability due to resonance of ring system 23 1/9/2007 nitro n. name of the group -NO2 23 1/9/2007 alkoxy n. name of the group -OR 23 1/9/2007 ether linkage n. name of the group -O- 23 1/9/2007 oxy n. another name of the group -O- other than ether linkage 23 1/9/2007 alcohol n. name of the family with general formula ROH 23 1/9/2007 aldehyde n. name of the family with general formula RCHO 23 1/9/2007 ketone n. name of the family with general formula RCOR' 23 1/9/2007 carboxylic acid n. name of the family with general formula RCO2H 23 1/9/2007 acyl halide n. name of the family with general formula RCOCl 23 2/9/2007 amide n. name of the family with general formula RCONH2 23 2/9/2007 ester n. name of the family with general formula RCO2R' 23 2/9/2007 hydroxyl n. name of the functional group in alcohol 23 2/9/2007 oxo n. name of the functional group in aldehyde/ketone 23 2/9/2007 carbonyl n. another name of the functional group in aldehyde/ketone other than oxo 23 2/9/2007 carboxyl n. name of the functional group in carboxylic acid 23 2/9/2007 alkanoyl n. combination of alkyl group and carbonyl group 23 2/9/2007 acid anhydride n. name of the family with general formula RCOOCOR' 23 2/9/2007 nitrile n. name of the family with general formula RCN 23 2/9/2007 cyano n. name of the functional group in nitrile 23 3/9/2007 amine n. name of the family with general formula RNR'R'' 23 3/9/2007 amino n. name of the functional group in amine 23 3/9/2007 terminal adj. used to describe the position of the carbonyl group in aldehyde 23 3/9/2007 phenyl n. the substituent formed from removing one H from a benzene molecule 23 3/9/2007 phenol n. name of an alcohol with a phenyl group attaching to a hydroxyl group 23 3/9/2007 primary adj. used to describe a carbon with another carbon atom attaching to it directly 23 3/9/2007 secondary adj. used to describe a carbon with 2 other carbon atoms attaching to it directly 23 3/9/2007 tertiary adj. used to describe a carbon with 3 other carbon atoms attaching to it directly 23 3/9/2007 methyl adj. used to describe a carbon with 3 hydrogen atoms attaching to it directly 23 3/9/2007 alpha adj. used to describe a carbon which is directly attached to a functional group 23 4/9/2007 beta adj. used to describe a carbon which is next to alpha carbon 23 4/9/2007 polarized adj. used to describe the C-X bond in haloalkane 30 4/9/2007 tertiary adj. the most stable carbocation 30 4/9/2007 stratosphere n. the layer of atmosphere where ozone layer situate 30 4/9/2007 zinc chloride n. catalyst used with conc. HCl to convert alcohol to haloalkane 30 4/9/2007 acidic adj. the medium required to convert alcohol to haloalkane in the presence of halide salt 30 4/9/2007 phosphoric acid n. "a non-oxidizing, involatile acid" 30 4/9/2007 phosphorus(III) chloride n. a liquid chlorinating agent converting hydroxyl group to chloro group 30 4/9/2007 phosphorus(IV) chloride n. a solid chlorinating agent converting hydroxyl group to chloro group 30 4/9/2007 addition n. the reaction type when alkene reacts with halogen 30 5/9/2007 addition n. the reaction type when alkene reacts with hydrogen halide 30 5/9/2007 iron(III) chloride n. a catalyst required to convert benzene to chlorobenzene in the presence of chlorine 30 5/9/2007 potassium iodide n. the reagent used to convert benzenediazonium ion to iodobenzene 30 5/9/2007 copper(I) bromide n. the reagent used to convert benzenediazonium ion to bromobenzene 30 5/9/2007 copper(I) chloride n. the reagent used to convert benzenediazonium ion to chlorobenzene 30 5/9/2007 fluoroboric acid n. the reagent used to convert benzenediazonium ion to fluorobenzene 30 5/9/2007 weak base n. a good leaving group is also a kind of this 30 5/9/2007 substitution n. the major type of reaction that haloalkane undergoes 30 5/9/2007 elimination n. a type of reaction that haloalkane usually undergoes other than substitution reaction 30 5/9/2007 molecularity n. no. of molecules involved in the formation of a transition state 30 6/9/2007 steric hinderance n. the activation energy of a SN2 reaction is mainly depending on this 30 6/9/2007 bimolecular adj. used to describe a step of reaction where 2 molecules are involved in the formation of transition state 30 6/9/2007 unimolecular adj. used to describe a step of reaction where only 1 molecule is involved in the formation of transition state 30 6/9/2007 complete inversion of configuration n. used to describe the change in stereochemistry in a SN2 reaction 30 6/9/2007 inductive effect n. the effect which make tertiary carbocation more stable than primary carbocation 30 6/9/2007 racemization n. used to describe the change in stereochemistry in a SN1 reaction 30 6/9/2007 nucleophile n. the speed of an SN1 reaction is not depending on the concentration of this 30 6/9/2007 basicity n. the nucleophilicity of a nucleophile is usually parallel to this quality of the nucleophile 30 6/9/2007 double bond character n. a term used to describe the C-X bond in halobenzene / haloalkene 30 6/9/2007 cyanide n. reagent used to convert haloalkane to nitrile 30 7/9/2007 dilute acid n. reagent used to convert nitrile to carboxylic acid 30 7/9/2007 lithium tetrahydrioaluminate n. reagent used to convert carboxylic acid to alcohol 30 7/9/2007 ether n. the solvent used when LiAlH4 is applied 30 7/9/2007 ammonia n. the reagent must be in excess when primary amine is prepared from haloalkane 30 7/9/2007 alcoholic sodium hydroxide n. another term for sodium alkoxide 30 7/9/2007 high temperature n. elimination reaction is favored over substitution reaction under this condition 30 7/9/2007 substituent n. the stability of an alkene is depending on the no. of this over the double bond. 30 7/9/2007 heating n. "condition required to prepare alkyne from 1,2-dihaloalkane using sodium alkoxide" 30