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Topic Outline:
● ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
- is the study of the chemistry of carbon compounds.
- Carbon is singled out because it has a chemical diversity unrivaled by any other chemical
element.
- Its diversity is based on the following:
- Carbon atoms bond reasonably strongly with other carbon atoms.
- Carbon atoms bond reasonably strongly with atoms of other elements.
- Carbon atoms make a large number of covalent bonds (four).
- focuses on molecules mainly composed of carbon and hydrogen, along with a handful of other
elements - such as oxygen, nitrogen, silicon, sulfur, and phosphorus.
- deals with synthetic methods, reaction mechanisms and kinetics, and uses analytical methods
for reaction control and purification such as chromatography (TLC, GC, HPLC), and structure
confirmation such as NMR and IR, also structure determination such as NMR and X-ray
crystallography.
- all living things consist of organic compounds.
- By convention, compounds containing carbonate ions and bicarbonate ions, as well as carbon
dioxide and carbon monoxide, are not considered part of organic chemistry, even though they
contain carbon.
- Example: Na₂CO₃, CCL₄
- If organic chemistry is the study of carbon, then why isn't carbon dioxide considered to be an
organic compound?
- The answer is because organic molecules don't just contain carbon. They contain
hydrocarbons or carbon bonded to hydrogen. The C-H bond has lower bond energy than
the carbon-oxygen bond in carbon dioxide, making carbon dioxide more stable/less
reactive than the typical organic compound. So, when you're determining whether a
carbon compound is organic or not, look to see whether it contains hydrogen in addition
to carbon and whether the carbon is bonded to the hydrogen.
● BOND TYPES AND BOND FORMATION
● Kind of Formula
1. Empirical Formula - also called as the simplest formula - identifies the elements presents in a
compound and describes the simplest whole number ratio of the atoms of these elements with
subscripts. Ex. CH₂
2. Molecular Formula - identifies the actual number of atoms in a molecule. Ex. C₂H₄
3. Structural Formula - formulas that shows the relative arrangement of all the atoms in a
molecule. The interatomic bonds are represented by dashes.
Ex.
4. Lewis Structure - uses the symbols of an element with dots to represent the number of
electrons in the outermost energy level of an atom. A bond is represented by pair of dots
between adjacent atoms.
Ex.
● CHEMICAL BONDS
- Chemical Bonds - Chemical bonds are forces that hold the atoms together in a molecule.
- They are a result of strong intramolecular interactions among the atoms of a molecule.
- The valence (outermost) electrons of the atoms participate in chemical bonds. When two atoms
approach each other, these outer electrons start to interact. Although electrons repel each other,
they are attracted to the protons within atoms.
- The interplay of forces results in the formation of bonds between the atoms.
- Lewis Structures can also be used to show bonding between atoms. The bonding electrons
are placed between the atoms and can be represented by a pair of dots or a dash (each dash
represents one pair of electrons, or one bond). Lewis structures for H₂ and O₂ are shown below.
● ATOMIC ORBITALS
- Atomic orbitals describe the probability of finding a given electron of an atom in a given region of
space. We can combine the atomic orbitals of atoms in molecules to form new molecular
orbitals(MOs).
- The molecular orbitals result from adding or subtracting atomic orbitals to give a linear
combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO)
Republic of the Philippines
CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY
Don Severino de las Alas Campus
Indang, Cavite
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY