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Ch. 2 Organic Structure
Rutgers: Principles of Organic Chemistry
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Organic Chemistry
Undergraduate 2
09/11/2011

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Functional Group
Definition
Small collection of atoms which determines the way the molecule works both chemically and biologically
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Hydrocarbon framework
Definition
Made of of chains and/or rings of carbon atoms and acts as a support for functional groups
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Organic Elements
Definition
Abbreviations for the names of carbon chains which resemble the symbols for chemical elements 
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R group
Definition
Generalized symbol for any alkyl group
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Phenyl Group (Ph)

A benzene ring attached to a molecule by only one of its carbon atoms

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Ar Group
Definition

Generalized representation for an Aryl group

A benzene ring or related ring system

 

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Isomer
Definition
Molecules with the same kinds and numbers of atoms joined up in different ways
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Isopropyl group

i-Pr

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