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Chapter 3-Alkanes Flashcards

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1
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Alkenes

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Double bond

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Alkynes

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Triple bonds

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3
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Arenes

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Have alternating double and single bonds

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4
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Methane

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CH4
One carbon

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5
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Ethane

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Two carbons

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6
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Isomers

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Molecules with same formula but different structures

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7
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Propane

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3 carbons

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Butane

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4 carbons

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Pentane

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5 carbons

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Hexane

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6 carbons

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Heptane

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7 carbon

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12
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Octane

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8 carbons

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Nonane

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9 carbons

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14
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Decane

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10 carbons

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15
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Undecane

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11 Carbon

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Dodecane

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12 carbon

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Tridecane

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13 carbons

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Icocane

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20 carbons

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Triacontane

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30 carbons

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Steps to name straight

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  1. Identify parent hydrocarbon (longest chain)
  2. Number the atoms in chain (start at the end closest to a branch)
  3. Identify the substituents (ei. 1-ethyl, 4-methyl)
  4. Write word (3-ethyl-4,7-dimethylnonane)
21
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Alkane increased molecular weight

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Increased boiling and melting points

22
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Newman projection

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The Mercedes sign looking thing

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Energy minima

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Staggered conformations

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Energy maxima

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Eclipsed conformations

25
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Anti conformation

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Lowest energy- the two big groups are as far away from each other as possible

26
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Gauche conformation

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Two big groups are 60 degrees apart
Steric strain

27
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H-H eclipse

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Torsional strain

28
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H-CH3 eclipsed

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Mostly torsional strain

29
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CH3-CH3 eclipsed

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Torsional and steric strain

30
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Strain energy most to least

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CH3-CH3 eclipse
CH3-H eclipse
H-H eclipse
CH3-CH3 gauche
Anti

31
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Alkanes reactivity

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Relatively unreactive and rarely involved in chemical reactions

32
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Functional group

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Group of atoms within a larger molecule that has a characteristic chemical reactivity

33
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Saturated hydrocarbons

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Alkanes

34
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Alkane general formula

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C(n) H(2n+2)

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