Hydrocarbons Flashcards
single chain/ straight chain
no rings
Aliphatic
Single bonds only
Alkane family
Saturated aliphatic
Multiple bonds
Alkenes & alkynes
Unsaturated aliphatic
Presence of rings (Benzene ring)
Aromatic
Chains that form a ring & behave like aliphatics
Alicyclic/Carbocyclic
Used to determine if the cpd is aromatic or not
Huckel’s rule
Halogen containing
Alkyl halides
Aryl halides
Aryl halide structure
Aromatic ring—X
Oxygen containing
Alcohol/phenol Ether Aldehyde Ketone Carboxylic acid
Nitrogen containing
Amines
Heterocyclic N–cpds
Sulfur containing
Thiols
Thioethers
Thiophenols
Chains of hydrocarbons
Simple hydrocarbons
Classification of Simple hydrocarbons
Alkanes
Alkenes
Alkynes
Contains 4 bonding sites
Carbon
Carbon group & period
Found in Group 4 period 2
Carbon atomic number
6
Carbon valence
4
Neither donate/receives electrons
Carbon
Carbon can only share
Covalence