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Organic Chem, Ch. 17
Organic Chem, Vocabulary Words, Chapter 17, Mandy
| Organic Chem, Chapter 17 | Organic Chem, Chapter 17 |
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| Carboxylic acid | A compound that has a carbonyl group bonded to a carbon atom and an -OH group, RCOOH. |
| Ester | A compound that has a carbonyl group bonded to a carbon atom and an -OR group, RCOOR'. |
| Amide | A compound that has a carbonyl group bonded to a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom group, RCONR'2, where the R' groups may be alkyl groups or hydrogen atoms. |
| Carbonyl-group substitution reaction | A reaction in which a new group replaces (substitutes for) a group attached to a carbonyl-group carbon in an acyl group. |
| Acyl group | An RC=O group. |
| Carboxyl group | The -COOH functional group. |
| Acetyl group | A CH3C=O group. |
| Carboxylate anion | The anion that results from the ionization of a carboxylic acid, RCOOˉ |
| Carboxylic acid salt | An ionic compound containing a corboxylic acid anion and a cation. |
| Esterification | The reaction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid to yield an ester plus water. |
| Saponification | The reaction of an ester with aqueous hydroxide ion to yield an alchoho and the metal salt of a carboxylic acid. |
| Phosphate ester | A compound formed by reaction of an alcohol with phosphoric acid; may be a monoester, ROPO2H2; a diester, (RO)2PO3H; or a triester, (RO)3PO; also may be a di- or triphosphate. |
| Phosphoryl group | The -PO32- group in organic phosphates. |
| Phosphorylation | Transfer of a phosphoryl group, -PO32, between organic molecules. |