Solutions for Chapter 9: Energy, Enthalpy, and Thermochemistry

A device for measuring the heat evolved in the combustion of a substance under constant-volume conditions. (Section 5.5)

A derivative of a carboxylic acid in which H of the carboxyl group is replaced by a carbon.

A series of reactions in which one reaction initiates the next. (Section 21.7)

The production of chlorine gas by the electrolysis of aqueous NaCl solution. (22.6)

An assembly of a metal ion and the Lewis bases (ligands) bonded to it. (Section 17.5)

A reaction involving loss of CO2, characteristic of compounds containing a carbonyl group that is beta to a COOH group.

The term used to express the concept of less shielding in NMR

A term used to label a chiral molecule that rotates the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light to the right (clockwise). (Section 23.4)

An effect that causes different regions of space to be characterized by different magnetic field strengths.

Refers to the steric strain arising from interaction between an axial substituent and an axial hydrogen (or other group) on the same side of a chair conformation of a cyclohexane ring

A process in which a carboxylic acid is converted into an ester when treated with an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst.

A reaction that involves the addition of X2 (either Br2 or Cl2) across an alkene.

The energy required to separate completely the ions in an ionic solid. (Section 8.2)

A drawing style that is designed to show the conformation of a molecule.

The SI unit of pressure: 1 Pa = 1 N >m2 . (Section 10.2)

Reversibly creating an unreactive group for the purpose of preventing a functional group from potentially reacting to give an unwanted product or products

Any chemical species that contains one or more unpaired electrons.

Movement of a molecule as though it is spinning like a top. (Section 19.3)

A material that has electrical conductivity between that of a metal and that of an insulator. (Section 12.7)

A substance dissolved in a solvent to form a solution; it is normally the component of a solution present in the smaller amount. (Section 4.1)