Alkenes and Cycloalkenes Flashcards
react with hydrogen gas to increase the number of hydrogen atoms to become __
alkanes
contain double and triple bonds
alkenes
alkynes
do not contain the maximum number of hydrogen atoms
unsaturated hydrocarbons
contain carbon-carbon double bonds
alkenes
general formula of alkenes
CnH2(n-m)
shape of alkene molecules
flat or planar
- formed after the connection of orbitals of the same atom.
- result from combinations of orbitals within a given atom, either prior to or as bonding with another atom takes place
hybrid orbitals
- formed when orbitals of two different atoms merge
- result from combinations or orbitals between atoms as bonding takes place to form molecules
molecular orbitals
concept of mixing atomic orbitals to form new hybrid orbitals suitable for the pairing of electrons to form chemical bonds in valence bond theory
orbital hybridization
- single bond
- results from an end-to-end orbital overlap
- strongest type of covalent chemical bond
sigma bond
- results from multiple bonds
- forms from side-to-side orbital overlap
pi bond
when a carbon is connected to three other things, the molecule is modeled by combining the __ and __ to produce ___
- 2s
- two 2p
- three sp2 orbitals
all three sp2 orbitals are at the same __ __
energy level
the sp2 orbitals are arranged in a __ __ __ around the central carbon atom
trigonal planar shape
angle of sp2 orbital bond
120 degrees
the unhybrid p orbital is __ to the plane
perpendicular
because of pi-bond, __ __ is not possible around carbon-carbon bonds
free rotation
in longer alkyl chains, the additional carbon atoms are attached to each other by __ __ __
single covalent bonds
alkenes also form __
stereoisomers
why do alkenes also form stereoisomers
rotation around multiple bond is restricted
isomers that have two similar atoms lying on the same side of the double bond in a molecule
cis isomer
isomers have molecules with two similar atoms that are placed on opposite sides of the double bond
trans isomer
alkenes having the substituents with higher priority on the opposite sides of the double bond
E isomers
alkenes having the substituents with higher priority on the same side of the double bond
Z isomers
arrangement of cis position
Z
Z arrangement is from the word
zusammen = together
arrangements of trans position
E
E arrangement is from the word
entgegen = opposite
numbering of carbon atoms in alkenes
- start with the end nearest to the double bond
- if the double bond is equidistant, begin at the end nearer the first branch point
numbering of carbon atoms in cycloalkenes
- double bond is between C1 and C2
- first substituent has a low number as possible
- in molecules with more than one double bond, assign one double bond the numbers 1 and 2, and the other double the lowest number possible
alkenes substituents
alkenyl groups
most frequently encountered alkenyl groups
- methylidene
- ethenyl
- 2-propenyl