Chapter 10

Question 1

What is the name of a hydrocarbon containing at least one triple bond?

Answer 1

Alkyne

Question 2

What is the name of a hydrocarbon containing at least one double bond?

Answer 2

Alkene

Question 3

What is the name of a hydrocarbon containing only single bonds?

Answer 3

Alkane

Question 4

Organic chemistry is the branch of chemistry that studies compounds containing ________.

Answer 4

Carbon

Question 5

What is the prefix for a hydrocarbon with five carbon atoms?

Answer 5

Penta-

Question 6

What is the prefix for a hydrocarbon with two carbon atoms?

Answer 6

eth-

Question 7

What is the prefix for a hydrocarbon with eight carbon atoms?

Answer 7

octa-

Question 8

What is a property of organic compounds?

Answer 8

Bonding is almost entirely covalent

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the things a functional group does for an organic compound.

A) change the function of the compound and provide sites of predictable chemical behavior

B) used to classify organic compounds into families

C) change the name of the compound

D) determine in large part the physical properties of the compound

E) functional groups do all these things.

Answer 9

E) functional groups do all these things.

Question 10

In an organic compound, a ___________ alcohol is one in which the hydroxyl group is attached to a carbon that is attached to two others.

Answer 10

Secondary

Question 11

In an organic compound, a(n)___________ is used to represent all or part of a carbon chain.

Answer 11

R

Question 12

In an organic compound, a ___________ is one that in large part determines the chemical and physical properties of the compound.

Answer 12

Functional Group

Question 13

What is this structure

Answer 13

Carboxylic Acid

Question 14

What is this structure

Answer 14

Amine

Question 15

What structure is this

Answer 15

Aldehyde

Question 16

What structure is this

Answer 16

Methyl

Question 17

What structure is this

Answer 17

Alcohol