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• polar bond -✓✓a covalent bond in which electrons are shared
unequally
• valence electron -✓✓Electrons on the outermost energy level of an
atom
• monovalent -✓✓an element that has only one ion charge
• hydrocarbon -✓✓Compounds composed of only carbon and hydrogen
• isomer -✓✓Compounds with the same formula but different structures.
• alkane -✓✓a hydrocarbon containing only single covalent bonds
• methane -✓✓CH4
• ethane -✓✓C2H6
• propane -✓✓C3H8
• butane -✓✓C4H10
• pentane -✓✓C5H12
, • constitutional isomers -✓✓compounds with the same molecular
formula but different connections among their atoms
• sigma bond -✓✓end-on overlap along inter-nuclear axis
• oxydation -✓✓chemical reaction in which a substance loses an
electron, and oxygen is aquired
• primary alcohol -✓✓an alcohol in which the hydroxyl (-OH) group is
attached to a carbon that is attached to no more than one other carbon.
(RCOH)
• reduction -✓✓gain of electrons. oxygen content decreased, hydrogen
content reduced
• leaving group -✓✓Atoms or groups that can dissociate from the parent
chain to form a stable species after accepting electron pairs. Weak bases
tend to be good leaving groups.
• nucleophilic -✓✓electron rich
• electrophilic -✓✓electron poor
• aldehyde -✓✓
• ketone -✓✓
• aromatic -✓✓
• ether -✓✓
• alcohol -✓✓