A complete set of Organic Chemistry one-liners aimed at helping pharmacy students review important concepts and prepare confidently for exams.
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry One-Liners – Set 10
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The high level of energy electrons can achieve as energy is added.
excited state
2
A column within the periodic table of elements.
group
3
The time it takes for a decaying radioactive substance to be reduced by half.
half–life
4
A measure of the kinetic energy within a system of particles.
heat
5
Orbitals created by mixing other orbitals.
hybrid orbitals
6
The process wherein orbitals of similar energies are combined to form a set of equivalent ‘hybrid’ orbital.
hybridization
7
A chemical reaction where water is introduced in another substance usually to separate it.
hydrolysis
8
When substances cannot dissolve into one another
immiscible
9
Compunds which change colors at different pH levels.
indicators
10
Molecules that exist only during a chemical reaction; not before or after the reaction.
intermediate
11
The force between two molecules.
intermolecular force
12
An atom which has lost or gained electrons and become charged.
ion
13
A bond formed when charge particles stick together.
ionic bond
14
The energy needed to remove an electron from a gaseous atom.
ionization energy
15
A chemical reaction after which the resulting agents cannot be changed back into the reactions ingredients.
irreversible reaction
