Organic chemistry

Question 1

Bonding in alkanes

Answer 1

is single covalent and that alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons

Question 2

Describe the properties of alkanes

Answer 2

Alkanes are colourless compounds which have a gradual change in their physical properties as the number of carbon atoms in the chain increases

They are generally unreactive compounds but they:

-Undergo combustion
-Can be cracked into smaller molecules
-React with halogens in the presence of light in substitution reactions