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Chemistry · Topic 5

Organic chemistry (nomenclature and isomerism)

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Molecular formula of the nth member of a homologous series

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Systematic name of an organic compound from its molecular formula (degree of unsaturation)

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Total number of atoms in an empirical formula unit derived from a molecular formula

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Number of hydrogen atoms from carbon count and degrees of unsaturation

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Degree of unsaturation of an aromatic nitro compound

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Empirical formula atom count of a homologous series member

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Empirical formula atom count of a homologous series member

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Molecular formula from percentage composition and molar mass

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Molecular formula from percentage composition and molar mass

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Riddle: hexanal, a straight-chain aldehyde

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Mass of an element within a given mass of a hydrocarbon

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Percentage composition, empirical and molecular formula

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Empirical and molecular formula from mass/composition data

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Systematic name of a carbonyl compound from its molecular formula

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Systematic name of a carbonyl compound from its molecular formula

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Systematic name of a carbonyl compound from its molecular formula

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Systematic name of a carbonyl compound from its molecular formula

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Systematic name of a carbonyl compound from its molecular formula

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Riddle: chloroform

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Effect of increasing molar mass on physical properties of alkanes

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Systematic naming of organic compounds from structure

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Degree of unsaturation of an aromatic hydrocarbon

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Maximum number of hydrogen atoms in a straight-chain compound with given halogens and double bonds

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Riddle: dichloromethane, a chlorinated organic solvent

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Riddle: dichloromethane, a chlorinated organic solvent

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Riddle: dichloromethane, a chlorinated organic solvent

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Cyclopropane: the simplest cycloalkane and its angular strain (true/false)

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Identifying a possible functional group family from a molecular formula alone

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Molar mass of a branched alkane from its systematic name

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Sub-topic 30 2003 · National Semifinal Premium

The carbonyl functional group of alkanones (ketones)

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Systematic naming of a straight-chain alkane from carbon count

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Systematic name of a symmetrical straight-chain alkanone

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Reagent converting ethene to a 1,2-dihaloalkane

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Reagent converting ethene to ethylene glycol via cold dilute kmno4

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Reagent converting ethene to chloroethane

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Systematic names of cyclobutane derivatives with formula c6h12

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Naming all possible hexenes with formula c6h12

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Strong, low-reactivity c-h bonds underlying hydrocarbon stability

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Functional groups determining physical/chemical properties of organic molecules

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Possible structures for the organic compound c4h6 (2 degrees of unsaturation)

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Riddle: formaldehyde, the simplest aldehyde used to preserve dead organisms

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Empirical formula of 3-ethyl-4-methyl-1-pentyne, c8h14 reducing to c4h7

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Reduction converts an alkyne to an alkene

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True or false: rcho represents an aldehyde

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Riddle: butane, a four-carbon alkane component of lpg

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