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Unit 1: How can the diversity of materials be explained?
Quick questions on Organic functional groups (introduction) (VCE Chemistry Unit 1)
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What is cH$_3$CH=CHCH$_3$?Show answer
Four carbons (but-), double bond between C2 and C3 (numbered from the end nearer the bond): but-2-ene.
What is cH$_3$CH$_2$OH?Show answer
Two carbons, hydroxyl on C1: ethan-1-ol (commonly written ethanol).
What is cH$_3$CH CH$_2$CH$_3$?Show answer
Four-carbon chain with methyl branch at C2: 2-methylbutane.
What is wrong numbering direction?Show answer
Give the highest-priority functional group the lowest locant; if there's a tie, lowest locants for substituents.
What is treating -OH as just an OH group without considering acidity?Show answer
Alcohols are not acidic in the way carboxylic acids are.
What is forgetting prefixes for multiple groups?Show answer
Two double bonds in a six-carbon chain: hexa-2,4-diene.
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