Grade 12 Organic Compounds Worksheet
This worksheet covers fundamental concepts of organic compounds for Grade 12 Chemistry students, including nomenclature, functional groups, and isomerism.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for calculations and draw structures clearly where required.
1. Which of the following functional groups contains a carbonyl group bonded to two alkyl groups?
Aldehyde
Ketone
Carboxylic Acid
Ester
2. What type of isomerism is exhibited by butane and isobutane?
Geometric isomerism
Optical isomerism
Chain isomerism
Positional isomerism
3. Organic compounds are primarily composed of carbon and atoms.
4. The functional group present in alcohols is the group.
5. Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulas are called .
6. Draw the condensed structural formula for 2-methylpropane.
7. Briefly explain the difference between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons.
8. All organic compounds contain carbon.
True
False
9. Esters are responsible for the distinct smells of many fruits and flowers.
True
False
Match the functional group with its general formula.
10. Alcohol
a. R-OH
11. Ether
b. R-O-R'
12. Amine
c. R-NH2