22 - Hydrocarbons Flashcards
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What are Hydrocarbons?
A compound containing ONLY hydrogen & carbon atoms
What is the Homologous series?
A family of organic compounds that have the same general formula (but different numbers of carbon atoms) and similar chemical properties
What are Alkanes?
A hydrocarbon in which all the bonds between the carbon atoms are single covalent bond
Give some examples of Alkanes:
- Methane
- Ethane
- Propane
- Butane
What is the general formula of Alkanes?
What’s the molecular formula of Methane?
And what does the structure look like?
What’s the molecular formula of Ethane?
And what does the structure look like?
What’s the molecular formula of Propane?
And what does the structure look like?
What’s the molecular formula of Butane?
And what does the structure look like?
What does Saturated mean?
A molecule that contains only single bonds between carbon atoms in a chain
Why are alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons?
All the carbon-carbon covalent bonds are single bonds
Therefore, Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons
What are Alkenes?
A hydrocarbon in which there are one or more double bonds between carbon atoms
Give some examples of Alkenes:
- Ethene
- Propene
- Butene
What’s the molecular formula of Ethene?
And what does the structure look like?
What’s the structure of Ethene?
What’s the molecular formula of Propene?
And what does the structure look like?
What’s the structure of Propene?
What’s the molecular formula of Butene?
And what does the structure look like?
What’s the structure of But-1-ene?
What’s the structure of But-2-ene?
What does unsaturated mean?
A molecule that contains only one or more double bonds between carbon atoms in a chain
What is the general formula of Alkenes?
What does a functional group mean?
It’s an atom or group of atoms that is mainly responsible for a molecules chemical properties
What is the functional group in an Alkene?
The carbon carbon double bond
C=C