A set of essential Organic Chemistry one-liners to help pharmacy students reinforce key concepts quickly and prepare efficiently for exams.
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry One-Liners – Set 2
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An instrument used to measure the amount of rotation of plane polarized light by a compound, generally prepared in a solution
polarimeter
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An instrument used to measure the amount of rotation of plane polarized light by a compound, generally prepared in a solution
polarimeter
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A group that is used to protect a functional group from unwanted reactions. After application the protecting group can be removed to reveal the original functional group.
protecting group
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A group that is used to protect a functional group from unwanted reactions. After application the protecting group can be removed to reveal the original functional group.
protecting group
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An equimolar mixture of the two enantiomeric isomers of a compound.
racemic mixture
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An equimolar mixture of the two enantiomeric isomers of a compound.
racemic mixture
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A a term applied to an atom or molecule having one or more free valencies.
radical
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A a term applied to an atom or molecule having one or more free valencies.
radical
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A chemical processes in which the proportion of more electronegative substituents is decreased, or the charge is made more negative, or the oxidation number is lowered.
reduction
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A chemical processes in which the proportion of more electronegative substituents is decreased, or the charge is made more negative, or the oxidation number is lowered.
reduction
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The process of separation of a racemate into its two enantiomers by means of some chiral agency.
resolution
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The process of separation of a racemate into its two enantiomers by means of some chiral agency.
resolution
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The representation of a compound by two or more canonical structures in which the valence electrons are rearranged to give structures of similar probability.
resonance
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The representation of a compound by two or more canonical structures in which the valence electrons are rearranged to give structures of similar probability.
resonance
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A process in which the forward reaction can reach an equilibrium with the reverse reaction.
reversible process
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A process in which the forward reaction can reach an equilibrium with the reverse reaction.
reversible process
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Isomers formed by restricted rotation
rotamers
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Isomers formed by restricted rotation
rotamers
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A formal non-ambiguous, nomenclature system for the assignment of absolute configuration of structure to chiral atoms, using the Cahn, Ingold and Prelog priority rules.
R,S convention
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A formal non-ambiguous, nomenclature system for the assignment of absolute configuration of structure to chiral atoms, using the Cahn, Ingold and Prelog priority rules.
R,S convention
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The term given to organic molecules which contain no multiple bonds.
saturated
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The term given to organic molecules which contain no multiple bonds.
saturated
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An instrument that measures the spectrum of a sample.
spectrometer
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An instrument that measures the spectrum of a sample.
spectrometer
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The sideways projection of a carbon-carbon single bond and the attached substituents.
sawhorse projection
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The sideways projection of a carbon-carbon single bond and the attached substituents.
sawhorse projection
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An instrument that measures the degree of absorption (or emission) of electromagnetic radiation by a substance.
spectrophotometer
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An instrument that measures the degree of absorption (or emission) of electromagnetic radiation by a substance.
spectrophotometer
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When a complex is formed between a metal ion and an a ligand in solution, the equilibrium may be expressed by a constant which is related to the free energy change for the process
stability constant
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When a complex is formed between a metal ion and an a ligand in solution, the equilibrium may be expressed by a constant which is related to the free energy change for the process
stability constant
