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Organic Chemistry Questions and Short Answers

What is the Strongest Bond in Chemistry?

A chemical bond strength is a force holding the atoms in a bond, and separating such atoms requires energy input. The bonds are of two types- Intermolecular and Intramolecular bonds.

Intramolecular bonds join the atoms in a molecule, whereas Intermolecular bonds are only responsible for closely associating the molecules. Therefore, Intramolecular bonds require higher energy to break than intermolecular bonds.

 

What does R stand for in organic chemistry structures? Its importance.

Carbon's nondiscriminatory nature to form bonds with itself and other elements has led to a wide variety of small and large organic compounds. Carbon-hydrogen compounds called hydrocarbons are mostly inert; however, carbon with other elements (N, O, S, halogen) form functional groups, the reactive part of the molecule. The functional group part of the molecule is where chemical transformations occur. Some organic compounds can have more than one functional group.

Identify the Organic Compound with Molecular Formula C8H16O2- Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

An Organic Compound 'A' molecular formula C8H16O2 was hydrolyzed with dilute H2SO4 to give a carboxylic acid 'B' and an alcohol 'C.' Oxidation of 'C' with chromic acid also produced 'B.' On dehydration 'C' gives 1-but-ene. Write the equations for the reaction involved.

1) The first step is find out the Degree of Unsaturation (the number of double bonds or the presence of a ring) in the compound. 

The formula is, 

Why do only covalently bonded molecules show Isomerism?

Around the early 1800s, scientists began to notice the presence of isomerism in all types of compounds; however, at the time, it was referred to using different names.

The term allotrope was used to describe different varieties of an element that existed in different physical forms, such as diamond or graphite for carbon or monoclinic or rhombic for sulfur. Polymorphism was used to explain compounds that occurred in more than one crystalline form, like aragonite and calcite, both crystalline forms of calcium carbonate.