Organic Chemistry Exam 1 Cheat Sheet by shelbeans

1. Find longest continous carboon chain (Parent Chain) and name based on how many carbons present and stick an -ane on the end
(4 carbon chain = Butane)
2. If 2 or more branches, list alpheb­eti­cally,
3. If more than 1 of same type of group, add prefix (di-,tri-, etc)

Consti­tut­ional Isomers: isomers that differ in order of atoms connected

Stereo­isomer: Isomers with same connec­tions but different atom arrang­ements
Enanti­omers: stereo­isomers that are nonsup­eri­mpo­sable mirror images
Diaste­reo­mers: steroi­somers that are not mirror images
Cis-Tr­ans­iso­mers: Only compounds w/ double bonds and at least 2 different substi­tuents on either side

Chiral: If it cant be superi­mposed on its mirror image (entan­tio­mers)

Achiral: The molecules in chich mirron images are super imposable