MCAT chem*1 – Flashcards

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# electron domains around atom=2
hybridization
angle
geometry
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sp
180
linear
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# electron domains around atom=3
hybridization
angle
geometry
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sp2
120
trigonal planar
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# electron domains around atom=4
hybridization
angle
geometry
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sp3
109.5
tetrahedral
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more electron density effect on angles
(such as a pi bond)
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more repulsion= a little bit bigger angle
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strong acid pKa/Ka
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low pKA, high Ka
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the stronger the acid, the __ conjugate base
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weaker
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a stable base is
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a weak base
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ranking bases
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CARDO
charge, atom, resonance, dipole induction, orbitals
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CARDO
Charge
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more negative charges species are more basic
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CARDO
Atom
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the larger (vertical) and more electronegative (horiz) the more stable it is =weaker
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CARDO
resonance
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resonance= e- stability = stability= weaker
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CARDO
dipole induction
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EWG near the negatively charged atom stabilizes it= makes weaker
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CARDO
orbitals
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more stable: sp > sp2 > sp3
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whats the strongest base?
:CH3-
:OH-
NH2-
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CH3 > NH2 > OH
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intermolecular forces
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hydrogen bonding
dipole-dipole
london despertion/van der waals
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hydrogen bond
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F-H
O-H
N-H
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dipole dipole forces
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interactions btw molecules w/permanent dipole moments
H-Cl---H-Cl
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london despertion/ van der waals
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all molecules have these, even non polar
weakest
spnt dipole goes away
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Rank boiling points w/ intermolecule forces
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network covalent (diamond)
ionic
H bond
dipole
london
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high BP means -- vapor pressure
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low
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branching ___ boiling point ____ melting point
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decreases BP
increases MP
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strong intermolecular forces affect
__BP
__VP
__Melting point
__surface tension
__viscosity
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increases all but vapor point
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if a cmpd has impurities what would the melting point do?
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impurities lower and broaden the range of melting point
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normally cmpd has a melting point =120, but you measure your cmpd at 118. Is it the same cmpd? What if you measure 122-125?
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118 yes, just not as pure, thus lower than 120
122-125- no impurities never cause melting point to rise
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3 functional groups that can be removed in acid base extractions in the water layer?
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Amines, NH2
Carboxylic acids
Phenols
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Acid base extraction:
want to remove R-NH2 use:
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HCL makes it NH3+, polar and therefore in water
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Acid base extraction
want to remove carboxylic acid use:
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NaHCO3 or NaOH
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Acid base extraction
want to remove phenol use:
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NaOH
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3 solvents to come across and the densities
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ether (least)
water
methylene chloride CH2Cl2 (most dense)
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how to get rid of ether?
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boil it off
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how to get rid of the water that now has your charged cmpd in it?
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if you added acid to make the cmpd polar and go into the water, use base to make it non-polar again to make it ppt
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distillation
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Liq w/ LOW BP distill before high BP
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thin layer chromatography TLC
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seperate via polarity
more polar, bottom=low Rf
less polar, top =big Rf
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TLC, you get super low Rf values, solution:
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use more polar solvent to make everything travel further
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liquid chromotagraphy
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less polar travel first
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gas chromotagraphy
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seperatation via BP
cmpd w/low BP eluted first
areas of triangles under peak give abdundances, can calc %
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recrystallization
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purification due to solubility
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solute has __solubility at high temps
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high
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C+ stability
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3 > 2 > 1 > me
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radical stability
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3 > 2 > 1 > me
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carbanion stability
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Me > 1 > 2 > 3
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SN2 rate
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electrophile and nucleophile
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SN1 rate
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electrophile
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solvolysis
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SN1 rxn where Nu- is the solvent
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5 polar aprotic solvents to know:
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DMSO
acetone
DMF
acetonitrile
ethers
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what is CH3OH
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weak base- SN1/E1
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LG with sp2 C
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unreactive aryl and vinyl halides. LG cannot leave
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t-bO-
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tert butoxide bulky base always E2
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CN-
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strong Nu
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N3-
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strong NU
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Cl-, Br, I
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strong nu
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RS-
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strong Nu
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HS-
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strong NU
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R3N
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strong Nu
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R3P
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strong Nu
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strong Nu/weak base
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SN2 if Me, 1, 2
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strong Nu strong base
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E2 and SN2, only for 2
SN2 1
E2 only 3
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