Mark the organic chemistry term

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Hydrocarbon series with single carbon to carbon bonds only, so it is saturated

   Item

   Alkane

2. Clue

   Hydrocarbon series holding at least one double bond between two carbon atoms

   Item

   Alkene

3. Clue

   Hydrocarbon series holding at least one triple bond between two carbon atoms

   Item

   Alkyne

4. Clue

   Carries a hydroxyl group bound to a carbon atom

   Item

   Alcohol

5. Clue

   Carbonyl group sits at the end of the carbon chain

   Item

   Aldehyde

6. Clue

   Carbonyl group sits in the middle of the carbon chain

   Item

   Ketone

7. Clue

   Group that marks an organic acid, a carbonyl carbon also holding a hydroxyl

   Item

   Carboxyl

8. Clue

   Made when an alcohol reacts with a carboxylic acid and water leaves

   Item

   Ester

9. Clue

   Alkane with one hydrogen swapped for fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine

   Item

   Haloalkane

Instructions

Read each call, tap its term on the board. Three in a line is bingo.

Explanation