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Hydrohalogenation |
Addtion of HX |
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Halogenation |
Addition of X2 |
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Hydration |
Addition of H2O by oxymercuration and hydroboration |
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Markovnikov's rule |
In the addition of HX to an alkene, the H attaches to the carbon with fewer alkyl substituents and the X attaches to the carbon with more alkyl substituents |
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Hydration |
Addition of H2O to alkenes to yield an alcohol |
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Halogenation |
A process wherein Cl2 and Br2 to yield 1,2-dihaloalkanes |
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Hydrogenation |
Addition of H2 to the C=C bond in the presence of a metal catalyst to yield an alkane |
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Reduction |
In organic chemistry, it usually refers to the addition of hydrogen or removal of oxygen from a molecule. |
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Hydroxylation |
The addition of an OH group to each of the alkene carbon |
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Polymer |
A large molecule built up by repetitive bonding together of many smaller molecules. |
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Cellulose |
Polymer built of repeating glucose monomers |
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Proteins |
Polymer built of repeating amino acid monomers |
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Nucleic acid |
Polymers built of repeating nucleotide monomers |
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Conjugated compounds |
Compounds that have alternating single and double bonds. |
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Allylic carbocation |
Involved as an intermidiate in the reaction, where the word allylic means "next to a double bond" |
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Resonance form |
The two individuals structures of an allylic carbocation. |
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Enynes |
Coumpounds containing both double and triple bonds |