CHAPTER 22.2 Flashcards
Organic compounds that contain the maximum number of hydrogen atoms per carbon are called _______________
Saturated compounds (alkanes)
Compounds that contain double or triple carbon-carbon bonds are called _______________
Unsaturated compounds
What are alkenes?
Hydrocarbons that contain one or more carbon-carbon double covalent bonds
Alkenes have the general formula ___________
CnH2n (C2H4)
What is the simplest alkene?
Ethene
What are alkynes?
Hydrocarbons that contain one or more carbon carbon triple covalent bonds
Alkynes have the general formula ____________
CnH2n-2 (C2H2)
What is the simplest alkyne?
The gas ethyne which has the common name acetylene
Straight chain and branched chain alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes are called ____________
Aliphatic hydrocarbons
Alkenes are ________ hydrocarbons
Unsaturated
Alkenes conatin one or more carbon carbon ______ bonds
Double
Alkynes are also unsaturated compounds they contain one or more carbon carbon _____ bonds
Triple
Alkenes are named by finding the ______ chain in the molecule that contains a _______ bond
The root name of the corresponding ______ is used plus the ending _____
Longest
Double
Alkane
-ene
Atoms are numberd so that the carbon atoms of the ______ have the lowest possible numbers, alkanes are named the same way except that the ending ______ is added to the alkane root
Double bond
-yne
T or F an alkane with one or more alkyl groups is called an alkyne
Sometimes true
T or F Hydrocarbons are saturated
Sometimes true
T or F parent alkene chains are numberd so that the carbons of the double bond have the lowest possible numbers
True
T or F unsaturated hydrocarbons contain double bonds
Sometimes true
Unsaturated compounds
Organic compounds that conatin double or triple carbon carbon bonds
Saturated compounds
Hydrocarbons that contain the maximum number of hydrogen atoms per carbon atom
Alkenes
Contain at least one carbon carbon double bond
Alkynes
Contain at least one carbon carbon triple bond
