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Alkanes whose carbon skeleton forms a ring. (only c-c sigma bonds)
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1 What are hydrocarbons? 2 What is nomenclature?
3 What are cycloalkanes? 4 How can alkanes exist?
Don't know?
Molecules composed of only the elements carbon
What are hydrocarbons?
and hydrogen
What are the two major Aromatic (benzene) and aliphatic (alkanes, alkenes,
classes of hydrocarbons? alkynes)
, What is the main source of Fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, and natural gas
hydrocarbons? obtained by mining and drilling.
They are saturated hydrocarbons because their
What are Alkanes?
skeleton is only composed of C-C single bonds.
They can be linear, branched or exist in ring
How can alkanes exist?
formations called cycloalkanes.
Describe a higher/more They will have more carbons and/or increased
complex alkane structure: structural diversity.
CnH2n+2
What is the general
formula of Alkanes?
The number of carbons present.
The names of the alkanes
reflect?
1,1,1,2,3,5,9,18,35,75
How many isomers does
each alkane have from 1-10
Name the first ten prefix Methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane,
of alkanes: heptane, octane, nonane, decane.
As the molecular weight The number of isomers increase.
increases:
What does the suffix -ane Denotes a saturated hydrocarbon. It is used for all
mean? acyclic saturated alkanes
The naming of a molecular structure. Historically they
What is nomenclature?
were named after their source, now they are systemic.
Because we cannot remember all the prefixes since a
Why is nomenclature
MF composed of carbons can have several different
important?
patterns of connectivity.
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Practice questions for this set
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Alkanes whose carbon skeleton forms a ring. (only c-c sigma bonds)
Choose an answer
1 What are hydrocarbons? 2 What is nomenclature?
3 What are cycloalkanes? 4 How can alkanes exist?
Don't know?
Molecules composed of only the elements carbon
What are hydrocarbons?
and hydrogen
What are the two major Aromatic (benzene) and aliphatic (alkanes, alkenes,
classes of hydrocarbons? alkynes)
, What is the main source of Fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, and natural gas
hydrocarbons? obtained by mining and drilling.
They are saturated hydrocarbons because their
What are Alkanes?
skeleton is only composed of C-C single bonds.
They can be linear, branched or exist in ring
How can alkanes exist?
formations called cycloalkanes.
Describe a higher/more They will have more carbons and/or increased
complex alkane structure: structural diversity.
CnH2n+2
What is the general
formula of Alkanes?
The number of carbons present.
The names of the alkanes
reflect?
1,1,1,2,3,5,9,18,35,75
How many isomers does
each alkane have from 1-10
Name the first ten prefix Methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane,
of alkanes: heptane, octane, nonane, decane.
As the molecular weight The number of isomers increase.
increases:
What does the suffix -ane Denotes a saturated hydrocarbon. It is used for all
mean? acyclic saturated alkanes
The naming of a molecular structure. Historically they
What is nomenclature?
were named after their source, now they are systemic.
Because we cannot remember all the prefixes since a
Why is nomenclature
MF composed of carbons can have several different
important?
patterns of connectivity.
