Chemistry Glossary

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A

Absorbance Absorption Spectrum Acetal Acetoacetic Ester Synthesis Acetylide Ion Acid-Catalyzed Hydration Acidic Cleavage Activate Acyl Group Acyl Peroxide Acylium Ion Addition Polymers Addition Reactions Addition to pi Bond Adrenocortical Hormones Alcohol Aldaric Acid Alditol Aldol Addition Reaction Aldol Condensation Aldonic Acid Aldose Alkaloids Alkanamine Alkane Alkene Alkoxide Alkoxy Substituent Alkoxymercuration-Demercuration Alkyl Amines Alkyl Group Alkyl Halide Alkylation Alkylthio Group Alkynes Alkynide Ion Allylic Allylic Bromination Allylic Carbocation Alpha (a) Amino Acid Alpha (a) Position Amidomalonate Synthesis Amine Angle Strain Annulenes Anti Conformation Anti-Addition Anti-Coplanar Anti-Markovnikov Addition Anti-Periplanar Antiaromatic Antibonding MO Antioxidants Arenium Ion Aromatic Aryl Amine Asymmetric Hydrogenation Asymmetric Stretching Atomic Mass Unit (amu)Atomic Orbital Aufbau Principle Auto-Oxidation Autocatalytic Auxochrome Axial Position Axis of Symmetry Azide Synthesis Azo Coupling Azo Dyes

C

C Terminus Carbinolamine Carbocation Carbohydrates Carbonyl Group Carboxylic Acid Derivative Catalyst Catalytic Hydrogenation Cation Cellular Respiration Cephalins Chain Branching Chain Reaction Chain-Growth Polymer Chair Conformation Chemical Shift Chemically Equivalent Chiral Chirality Center Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)Chlorohydrin Chromatogram Chromophore Claisen Condensation Claisen Rearrangement Clemmensen Reduction Column Chromatography Complex Lipid Condensation Polymer Condensed Structure Configuration Conformation Conjugate Acid Conjugate Addition Conjugate Base Conjugated Conjugated Diene Conrotatory Conservation of Orbital Symmetry Constitutional Isomers Constructive Interference Continuous-Wave (CW) Spectrometer Cope Rearrangement Coplanar Copolymer Coupling (of Protons)Coupling (of Radicals)Coupling Constant Covalent Bond Crossed Aldol Reaction Crossed Claisen Condensation Crossed-Linked Polymer Crown Ether Crystallite Cumulated Diene Curved Arrows Cyanohydrin Cycloaddition Reactions Cycloalkane

G

Gabriel Synthesis Gas Chromatograph – Mass Spectrometer Gauche Conformation Gauche Interaction Geminal Gibbs Free Energy Gilman Reagent Glass Transition Temperature (Tg)Globular Proteins Glycoside Graft Copolymer Grignard Reagent

I

Imidazole Imine Induction Initiation Integration Intermediate Intermolecular Forces Internal Alkyne Inversion of Configuration Ionic Bond Ionic Reaction Isoelectric Point (pI)Isolated Diene Isoprene Isotactic IUPAC

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K

Ka Keq Keto-Enol Tautomerization Ketose Kiliani-Fischer Synthesis Kinetic Control Kinetics

O

Observed Rotation Octet Rule Off-Resonance Decoupling Oils Oligomers Optically Active Optically Inactive Optically Pure Organohalide Ortho Ortho-Para Director Oxaphosphetane Oxidation Oxidation State Oxime Oxirane Oxonium Ion Oxymercuration-Demercuration Ozonolysis

Q

Quantum Mechanics Quartet Quaternary Ammonium Salt Quaternary Structure Quintet

S

S s-Cis S-Trans Sandmeyer Reactions Saponification Saturated Saturated Hydrocarbon Schiemann Reaction Second Order Secondary Secondary Alkyl Halide Secondary Structure Sharpless Asymmetric Epoxidation Shielded Sigma (s) Bond Sigma Complex Sigmatropic Rearrangements Simple Lipid Singlet SN1 SN2 Sodium Cyanoborohydride Soluble Solvent Extraction Solvolysis Sp-Hybridized Orbitals Sp2-Hybridized Orbitals Sp3-Hybridized Orbitals Specific Rotation Spectroscopy Spin-Spin Splitting Spontaneous Staggered Conformation Standard Atomic Weight Step-Growth Polymers Stereoisomers Stereoselective Stereospecific Steric Number Sterically Hindered Steroids Stork Enamine Synthesis Strecker Synthesis Stretching Strong Activators Strong Deactivators Structural Proteins Substituents Substitution Reactions Substrate Sulfide Sulfonate Ions Sulfonation Sulfone Sulfoxide Superimposable Symmetric Stretching Symmetrical Ether Symmetry Allowed Symmetry Forbidden Syn Addition Syn-Coplanar Syndiotactic Systematic Name

U

Unimolecular Unsaturated Unsymmetrical Ether Upfield

V

Valence Bond Theory Vibrational Excitation Vicinal Vinylic Vinylic Carbocation VSEPR Theory

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Wavelength Wavenumber Waxes Weak Activators Weak Deactivators Wedge Williamson Ether Synthesis Wittig Reaction Wittig Reagent Wohl Degradation Woodward-Fieser Rules

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Z Zaitsev Product Zwitterion

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[4 +2] Cycloaddition