CHEM 1020 TEST FINAL | QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
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Which applies to the manner in which carbon bonds in alkanes? - Answers - The bonds
are formed with carbon using an sp^3 configutation
Identify the correct statement: The alkanes represent one family of organic compounds -
Answers - that is composed of carbon and hydrogen
Which of the following is an alcohol? - Answers - CH3CH2OH
What is meant by the term "saturated" when describing hydrocarbons? - Answers -
They are saturated with hydrogren and only have single bonds between carbons
Which of the following terms applies to the alkanes? - Answers - hydrophobic
Which of the following formulas represents a saturated hydrocarbon? - Answers - C2H6
Which of the following compounds can exhibit structural isomerism? - Answers - butane
Which of the following cycloalkanes contains a total of 12 carbon atoms? - Answers - 1-
ethyl-2methylcyclononane
Alkanes are _____ in water and _____ than water. - Answers - insoluble, less dense
Complete combustion of pentane produces _____. - Answers - CO2 and H2O
Which of the following compounds would be classified as inorganic? - Answers -
NaC2H3O2
How many hydrogen atoms are needed to complete the following structure?: C=C-N-C -
Answers - 10
What is the most common type of bond found in organic molecules? - Answers -
covalent
Organic compounds can contain other elements such as oxygen or nitrogen. (T or F) -
Answers - true
Most inorganic compounds have a higher melting point than organic compounds. (T or
F) - Answers - true
What number would be used to indicate the double bond position in the IUPAC name
for: CH3-CH2-CH=CH-CH3 - Answers - 2
, In the IUPAC name for the following compound, the -Br group is located at what position
of the compound shown?: CH3CHBrCH=CH2 - Answers - 3
Name a difference between a saturated and an unsaturated hydrocarbon. - Answers -
Saturated hydrocarbons do not contain multiple bonds between carbons, but
unsaturated hydrocarbons do contain multiple bonds
Which of the following represents an addition reaction? - Answers - HX + C4H8 ->
C4H9X
Select the major product that would result from the reaction below: CH3-CH=CH2+H2O
- Answers - CH3CH(OH)CH3
Select the major product that would result from the reaction below:
CH3CH2CH=CH2+HBr -> __________ - Answers - CH3CHBrCH2CH3
What reagent is required for the conversion of cyclohexene to cyclohexane? - Answers -
H2 and Pt
Which is the formula for an alkene? - Answers - CH3CHCH2
What is the difference between butane and butene? - Answers - the presence of a
double bond
Which of the following is the correct IUPAC name for the compound CH2-C(triple
bond)C-CH2-CH2-Br? - Answers - 5-bromo-2-pentyne
The addition of two moles of hydrogen to an alkyne produces an _______. - Answers -
alkane
What is the characteristic of aromatic compounds that is responsible for them being
named aromatic compounds? - Answers - These compounds contain a benzene ring or
structural relative
The benzene ring as a branch is called a _______ group. - Answers - phenyl
What type of hybridization is associated with alkyne bonding? - Answers - sp
What type of hybridization is associated with the carbons in ethene? - Answers - sp^2
What is the group that distinguishes alcohols from other classes of compounds? -
Answers - hydroxy
Which of the following is a secondary alcohol? - Answers - (CH3)2CHOH
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Which applies to the manner in which carbon bonds in alkanes? - Answers - The bonds
are formed with carbon using an sp^3 configutation
Identify the correct statement: The alkanes represent one family of organic compounds -
Answers - that is composed of carbon and hydrogen
Which of the following is an alcohol? - Answers - CH3CH2OH
What is meant by the term "saturated" when describing hydrocarbons? - Answers -
They are saturated with hydrogren and only have single bonds between carbons
Which of the following terms applies to the alkanes? - Answers - hydrophobic
Which of the following formulas represents a saturated hydrocarbon? - Answers - C2H6
Which of the following compounds can exhibit structural isomerism? - Answers - butane
Which of the following cycloalkanes contains a total of 12 carbon atoms? - Answers - 1-
ethyl-2methylcyclononane
Alkanes are _____ in water and _____ than water. - Answers - insoluble, less dense
Complete combustion of pentane produces _____. - Answers - CO2 and H2O
Which of the following compounds would be classified as inorganic? - Answers -
NaC2H3O2
How many hydrogen atoms are needed to complete the following structure?: C=C-N-C -
Answers - 10
What is the most common type of bond found in organic molecules? - Answers -
covalent
Organic compounds can contain other elements such as oxygen or nitrogen. (T or F) -
Answers - true
Most inorganic compounds have a higher melting point than organic compounds. (T or
F) - Answers - true
What number would be used to indicate the double bond position in the IUPAC name
for: CH3-CH2-CH=CH-CH3 - Answers - 2
, In the IUPAC name for the following compound, the -Br group is located at what position
of the compound shown?: CH3CHBrCH=CH2 - Answers - 3
Name a difference between a saturated and an unsaturated hydrocarbon. - Answers -
Saturated hydrocarbons do not contain multiple bonds between carbons, but
unsaturated hydrocarbons do contain multiple bonds
Which of the following represents an addition reaction? - Answers - HX + C4H8 ->
C4H9X
Select the major product that would result from the reaction below: CH3-CH=CH2+H2O
- Answers - CH3CH(OH)CH3
Select the major product that would result from the reaction below:
CH3CH2CH=CH2+HBr -> __________ - Answers - CH3CHBrCH2CH3
What reagent is required for the conversion of cyclohexene to cyclohexane? - Answers -
H2 and Pt
Which is the formula for an alkene? - Answers - CH3CHCH2
What is the difference between butane and butene? - Answers - the presence of a
double bond
Which of the following is the correct IUPAC name for the compound CH2-C(triple
bond)C-CH2-CH2-Br? - Answers - 5-bromo-2-pentyne
The addition of two moles of hydrogen to an alkyne produces an _______. - Answers -
alkane
What is the characteristic of aromatic compounds that is responsible for them being
named aromatic compounds? - Answers - These compounds contain a benzene ring or
structural relative
The benzene ring as a branch is called a _______ group. - Answers - phenyl
What type of hybridization is associated with alkyne bonding? - Answers - sp
What type of hybridization is associated with the carbons in ethene? - Answers - sp^2
What is the group that distinguishes alcohols from other classes of compounds? -
Answers - hydroxy
Which of the following is a secondary alcohol? - Answers - (CH3)2CHOH
