Solutions for Chapter 18: Acids and Bases

The closeness of a measurement to the true value of the quantity that is measured. (1.8)

A carbon adjacent to a carbon-carbon double bond.

A protein structure in which the protein is coiled in the form of a helix with hydrogen bonds between C “O and N ¬H groups on adjacent turns. (Section 24.7)

A disordered, noncrystalline region in the solid state of a polymer.

The lowest energy conformation for cyclohexane, in which all bond angles are fairly close to 109.5° and all hydrogen atoms are staggered.

The process of separating compounds on the basis of their electric charge

A substance with one or more unpaired electrons. (Section 21.9)

A cyclic compound whose ring contains more than one kind of atom. Oxirane (ethylene oxide), for example, is a heterocycle whose ring contains two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom.

A reaction that involves the addition of H and X (either Br or Cl) across an alkene.

A Lewis base bonded to a metal atom in a coordination compound. It may bond strongly or weakly.

A ribonucleic acid that carries coded genetic information from DNA to the ribosomes for the synthesis of proteins

A group of molecules arranged in a sphere such that the surface of the sphere is comprised of polar groups, rendering the micelle water soluble.

The pressure that must be applied to a solution to stop osmosis from pure solvent into the solution. (Section 13.5)

An intermediate that is believed to be formed during Wittig reactions.

The pH of blood (approximately 7.3).

A molecule that possesses a nonzero dipole moment. (Section 8.4)

An insoluble substance that forms in, and separates from, a solution. (Section 4.2)

Matter that has both a definite shape and a definite volume. (Section 1.2)

A compound or region of a compound that is very bulky.

A group of intermolecular attractive forces including dipole-dipole, dipole-induced dipole, and induced dipole-induced dipole (dispersion) forces