Naming hydrocarbons

Question 1

What is an organic molecule?

Answer 1

Any molecule containing C, other than CO2, CO and carbonate ions

Question 2

What is a hydrocarbon?

Answer 2

Organic molecules made of only carbon and hydrogen

Question 3

What is a saturated hydrocarbon?

Answer 3

Contains only C to C single bonds

Question 4

What is an unsaturated hydrocarbon?

Answer 4

Contains C to C multiple bonds (double/triple)

Question 5

What is an aromatic hydrocarbon?

Answer 5

It contains 1 or more benzene rings (C6H6)

Question 6

What is an aliphatic hydrocarbon?

Answer 6

Contains no benzene rings

Question 7

What is an alicyclic hydrocarbon?

Answer 7

It is aliphatic and contains carbons joined in a ring

Question 8

What are alkanes?

Answer 8

Saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n=2

Question 9

What is a homologous series?

Answer 9

A series of organic compounds having the same functional group but with each successive member differing by CH2

Question 10

What is a functional group?

Answer 10

A group of atoms responsible for characteristics of a compound

Question 11

What is the functional group of alkanes?

Answer 11

C-C

Question 12

What is the suffix of an alkane?

Answer 12

-ane

Question 13

What is the functional group of an alkene?

Answer 13

C=C

Question 14

What is the suffix of an alkene?

Answer 14

-ene

Question 15

What are the functional groups of haloalkanes?

Answer 15

R-Cl, R-Br and R-I

Question 16

What are the prefixes of haloalkanes?

Answer 16

Chloro-, bromo- and iodo-