C6.2 Flashcards
What are hydrocarbons?
- compounds made from hydrogen and carbon only
What are alkanes?
- alkanes are a homologous series of hydrocarbons (contain only C and Hydrogen atoms)
- same general formula and are saturated hydrocarbons
- only have single bonds between the atoms (form covalent bonds)
What is a homologous group of chemicals?
- chemicals with similar chemical structures
What are saturated hydrocarbons means?
- carbon can make 4 bonds and H can make 1 so saturated means all atoms have formed bonds with as many other atoms as they can
- only have single bonds
How are Alkane names made?
- first part = no. of C atoms present
- ending = -ane
What are the names for alkanes with 1-6 no. of carbons?
1 = methane - (CH4 = chemical formula) 2 = ethane - C2H6 3 = propane - C3H8 4 = butane - C4H10 5 = pentane - C5H12 6 = hexane - C6H14
What is the general formula for alkanes?
CnH2n+2
E.g.
Propane
= C3 and H(3x2)+2 = C3H8
How do you draw the displayed formula model for alkanes?
- place n of carbons in the middle and attach them with single bonds (1 line)
- place H atoms around the outside making sure C are bonded to 4 in total and H is bonded to 1
E.g. butane = H H H H
I I I I
H- C-C-C-C - H
I I I I
H H H H
What reactions do alkanes and other hydrocarbons take part in?
- combustion
- complete = hydrocarbon burns in O2 to form CO2 and H2O = complete oxidation of hydrocarbon into CO2 and H2O
- incomplete = hydrocarbon burns in limited supply of O2 to form CO (carbon monoxide- poisonous to humans), water and carbon in the form of soot
- both types can occur at the same time = mixture of combustion products
What are alkenes?
- homologous series of hydrocarbons
- unsaturated as they contain at least 1 double bond (they can make more bonds as the double bond can open up, allowing the two C to bond with other atoms)
What is the general formula for alkenes?
Cn+H2n
e.g. Propene so 3 carbons
so C3H6
What are the first 4 alkenes?
Ethene = C2H4 Propene = C3H6 Butene= C4H8 Pentene = C5H10
How do you draw the displayed formula model for an alkene?
- find out the number of Carbon atoms
- Place in the middle and put 1 double bond between the carbons
- Add Hydrogen atoms around outside making sure Carbon bond to 4 (a double on dis 2) and Hydrogen is 1
What reactions can alkenes go through?
- undergoes combustion with the same products as alkanes
- complete = HC (hydrocarbon) + 02 –> C02+H2O
- incomplete = HC +O2 –> C+ CO + H2O
What is the functional group of alkenes?
C=C
What are functional groups?
atoms/ group of atoms or types of bonds in a molecule that is responsible for the characteristic reaction of the substance
(the type of reaction depends on that bond)
What are addition reactions?
- where atoms/groups of atoms combine with a molecule to form a larger molecule with no other product (e.g. addition polymers)
How can you test for alkenes?
- when added to bromine water, it will decolourise the bromine water = turning it from orange to colourless (shake it)
- this is as the double bond can open up and form bonds with the bromine
e.g. ethene:
start off with ethene and add bromine = dibromine
C2H4 + Br2 –> C2H4Br2
Why does the alkene test work with bromine water?
Alkanes don’t have double bonds and therefore don’t react with the bromine water
What is hydrogenation?
- alkene reacts with hydrogen in the presence of a nickel catalyst in a process called hydrogenation
- the hydrogen reacts with the double-bonded carbons and adds across the double bond = forming an alkane
What is the functional group of alcohols and what do they end in?
- form a homologous series
- contain hydroxyl functional group OH- (can have more than one)
- names end in -ol
What is the general formula for alcohols?
- CnH2n+1OH E.g. ethanol has 2 carbons So C2H5OH - to display it, put both C is the middle and attach O-H to the right H H I I H—C — C—O—H I I H H
How do you write alcohol names?
- basic naming for Alkanes but replace -e with -ol
- always write OH at the end
What reactions are alcohol involved in?
- complete combustion - burn in O2 to produce CO2 + H2O
- incomplete combustion - produce water vapour, C and CO
- oxidised to for carboxylic acids
How is alcohol is oxidised?
- gains oxygen and loses e-
- forms carboxylic acids (need an oxidising agent - postassium manganate (VII) )
- reaction change from purple to colourless (manganese (VII) is reduced to manganese (II) ions)
- oxidation only happens if -OH is joined to a carbon which is only attached to 1 carbon itself
What is the oxidisation of ethanol?
Ethanol + potassium manganate (VII) —> Ethanoic acid
What is the functional group of carboxylic acids and how do you name them?
- -COOH (carboxylic group)
- same as alkanes but ends in -anoic acid
What is the general formula for carboxylic acids?
- Cn-1H2n-1COOH (1 carbon is already in functional group)
- e.g. Pentatonic acid = C4H9COOH
What type of acids are carboxylic acids and how do they react with metal, alkali/base and carbonates?
- weak acids
- React with metal = salt and hydrogen
- React with alkali/base = salt and water
- React with carbonate = salt and water and carbon dioxide
What endings do salts have?
- oate
- ethanoic acid + sodium carbonate —> sodium ethanoate + water + carbon dioxide
2CH3COOH (aq) + Na2CO3 (aq) —> CH3COONa (aq) + H2O (l) + CO2 (g)
What are the first 4 carboxylic acids?
- methanoic acid = HCOOH
- ethanoic acid = CH3COOH
- propanoic acid = C2H5COOH
- butanoic acid = C3H7COOH
How is crude oil formed?
- from the buried remains of marine plants, animals (fossil fuels)and over millions of years with high temp and pa it turns into crude oil which can be drilled up
- found in rocks
What are 2 other fossil fuels except crude oil?
- coal and natural gas
- finite does limited amount and used up faster than being made
What is crude oil our main source for?
- of hydrocarbons
- used in raw material or feed stock to create lots of petrochemicals (petrol/natural gas)
How are crude oil compounds separated?
- fractional distillation
- oil is heated until most of it has turned into has
- gases enter fractionating column and liquid bitumen is drained off the bottom
- there’s a temp gradient in the column (hot = 350C and top= 25C)
- longer hydrocarbons have high b.p. so they turn back into liquid and drain out of the column early on when they’re near the bottom and shorter hydrocarbons have lower b.p so turn to liquid much later near the top of column
What is the crude oil separated into?
- diff fractions
- each fraction has a mixture of hydrocarbons - mainly alkanes with similar b.p
Name the fractions of crude oil, from the top to the bottom
- LPG = liquefied petroleum gas (has propane & butane) at top - 3Hc
- petrol - 8Hc
- (Naphtha (used as raw material in industrial processes)) - 10Hc
- Paraffin (kerosine) - 15Hc
- diesel - 20Hc
- heating oil - 35 Hc
- fuel oil (or lubricating oil) - 40Hc
- (crude oil goes in)
- bitumen liquid at bottom - 70Hc
What are the 2 types of bonds in crude oil?
- has 2 types of bonds
- strong covalent bonds between atoms within each hydrocarbon (Hc) molecule
- intermolecular forces between diff hydrocarbon molecules in mixture