Hydrocarbons Flashcards
What is a hydrocarbon?
a compound containing only hydrogen and carbon
a) What is an empirical formula?
b) Represent ethane with an empirical formula
a) the simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element in the compound. b) CH3
a) What is a molecular formula?
b) Represent ethane with a molecular formula
a) the actual number of atoms of each element present in a compound.
b) CH3CH3
a) What is a general formula?
b) Give the general formula of alkanes
c) Give the general formula of alkenes
a) Any algebraic formula that can describe any member of a family of compounds
b) CnH2n+2
c) CnH2n
a) What is a structural formula?
b) Represent ethane with a structural formula
a) Shows the arrangement of the atoms carbon by carbon with the attached hydrogens and functional group
b) C2H6
a) What is a displayed formula?
b) Represent ethane with a displayed formula
a) shows how all the atoms are arranged and the bonds between them
b)
H H
I I
H-C-C-H
I I
H H
What is meant by homologous series
a family of hydrocarbons with similar chemical properties who share the same general formula.
What is meant by functional group
a group of atoms that determine how a compound typically reacts
What is meant by isomerism
Molecules with the same molecular formula but different structural formula
Formula of methane
CH4
Formula of ethane
C2H6
Formula of propane
C3H8
Formula of butane
C4H10
Formula of pentane
C5H12
1 carbon
Meth
