Living by Chemistry 2nd Edition - Solutions by Chapter

Compounds with a carbonyl functional group and the general formula RCHO, where R is an H atom, an alkyl, or an aromatic group. (24.4)

A reaction for which the reagent necessary to catalyze the reaction is produced by the reaction itself.

When applying Woodward-Fieser rules, the groups attached to the chromophore.

For a peptide chain,the end that contains the COOH group. carbinolamine (Sect. 20.6): A compound containing a hydroxyl group (OH) and a nitrogen atom, both of which are connceted to the same carbon atom.

A compound containing a carboxyl, !COOH, group.

A form of carbon produced when wood is heated strongly in a deficiency of air. (Section 22.9)

A compound in which two p bonds are separated from each other by exactly one s bond.

A symbol used to show that structures on either side of it are resonance-contributing structures

From the German, entgegen, opposite. Specifi es that groups of higher priority on the carbons of a double bond are on opposite sides

In Diels-Alder reactions that produce bicyclic structures, the positions that are anti to the larger bridge.

A compound with hydroxyl (!OH) groups on adjacent carbons.

Gases in an atmosphere that absorb and emit infrared radiation (radiant heat), “trapping” heat in the atmosphere. (Section 18.2)

A spectrum that contains radiation at only certain specific wavelengths. (Section 6.3)

Anything that occupies space and has mass; the physical material of the universe. (Section 1.1)

A series of reactions by which a set of organic starting materials is converted to a more complicated structure.

On an aromatic ring, the C2 position.

A cyclic ether containing a three-membered ring system. Also called an epoxide.

Also called diamagnetic shielding; the term refers to the reduction in magnetic fi eld strength experienced by a nucleus underneath electron density induced to circulate when the molecule is placed in a strong magnetic fi eld.

An electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction in which an SO3H group is installed on an aromatic ring.

A compound that contains two SR groups, both of which are connected to the same carbon atom.