Organic Chemistry Basics and Principles

What is the major class of organic compounds?

Which of these is NOT considered an organic compound?

Who successfully synthesized methane in the laboratory?

Which scientist disproved the belief that a vital force was needed for organic compound production?

What was the first organic compound prepared in the laboratory?

Why can carbon form a large number of compounds?

What is catenation in relation to carbon?

Which representation of organic compounds omits carbon-hydrogen bonds and only shows multiple bonds?

What does a solid wedge represent in a three-dimensional representation of an organic molecule?

What type of hybridization allows carbon to form single bond, double bond, or triple bond?

Organic chemistry deals with ______ compounds.

Carbon has a valency of ______ in all of its compounds

Hydrocarbons contain only ______ and hydrogen atoms.

Catenation is the self-linking property of carbon to form ______ chains and rings

All other organic compounds are formed by replacing hydrogen atoms with other atoms or groups, making them ______ derivatives.

Isomerism is the phenomenon where compounds have the same molecular formula but different ______ formula

All carbon compounds present in plants and animals are considered ______ compounds.

In the bond line representation, carbon and hydrogen atoms are not shown and the lines representing carbon-carbon bonds are drawn in a ______ fashion

Petroleum and coal are major sources of ______ compounds.

The solid wedge in a three-dimensional representation indicates a bond projecting ______ of the plane of paper