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