Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Question	Answer
Organic Chemistry	The study of organic (carbon) compounds.
Hydrocarbon	An organic molecule (usually very large) consisting only of carbon and hydrogen.
Isomer	One of several compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures and therefore different properties.
Structural Isomer	An isomer differing only in the covalent arrangements of its atoms.
Geometric Isomers	An isomer with the same covalent arrangement, yet differing in spatial arrangements due to the inflexibility of double bonds.
Eantiomers	Isomers that are mirror images of itself.
Functional Groups	A specific configuration of atoms commonly attached to the carbon skeletons of organic molecules and usually involved in chemical reactions.

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