Solutions for Chapter 15.6E: Chemistry: The Central Science 13th Edition

The conjugate base of an alcohol.

An equilibrium constant that expresses the extent to which a base reacts with solvent water, accepting a proton and forming OH-1aq2. (Section 16.7)

A crystal lattice in which the lattice points are located at the center and corners of each unit cell. (Section 12.2)

The most common drawing style employed by organic chemists. All carbon atoms and most hydrogen atoms are implied but not explicitly drawn in a bond-line structure.

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 technique by which compounds are separated from each other based on a difference in the way they interact with the medium (the adsorbent) through which they are passed.

The species formed when a base accepts a proton from an acid

Loss of CO2 from a carboxyl group.

The angle created by two intersecting planes.

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

The number of full cycles of a wave that pass a given point in a second, and reported in hertz (Hz), which has the units s21

When signal splitting occurs in 1H NMR spectroscopy, the distance (in hertz) between the individual peaks of a signal.

Points in a crystal all of which have identical environments. (Section 12.2)

A law that states that the elemental composition of a pure compound is always the same, regardless of its source; also called the law of definite proportions. (Section 1.2)

Structural isomers of coordination compounds in which a ligand differs in its mode of attachment to a metal ion. (Section 23.4)

A rule stating that bonded atoms tend to possess or share a total of eight valence-shell electrons. (Section 8.1)

An equation that relates the reaction rate to the concentrations of reactants (and sometimes of products also). (Section 14.3)

The power to which the concentration of a reactant is raised in a rate law. (Section 14.3)

A process in which a substance gains one or more electrons. (Section 4.4)

A sodium or potassium salt of a fatty acid