HYDROCARBONS Flashcards
Only carbon-carbon single bonds
Alkanes
One or more carbon-carbon double bonds
Alkenes
One or more carbon-carbon triple bonds
Alkynes
One or more benzene-like rings
Arenes
Example of
- Alkane
- Alkene
- Alkynes
- Arene
Ethane | Ethylene | Acetylene | Benzene
The shape of methane
tetrahedral
angles of methane bonds
109.5 deg
a line represents a carbon-carbon bond and a vertex represents a carbon atom.
line-angle formula
are compounds that have the same molecular formula but different structural formulas.
constitutional isomers
structural formulas that have the same molecular formula and the same connectivity of their atoms represent ___________________; those that have the same molecular formula but different connectivities of their atoms represent _______________.
same compound; consititutional isomers
Each carbon can form a maximum of ____ bonds
4
Groups joined by a single bond can rotate; t or f
TRUE
contain only C and H
Hydrocarbons
are hydrocarbons that contain only single bonds and are referred to as saturated hydrocarbons
Alkanes
General formula of an alkane
C(n)H(2n+2)