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What is a homologous series?

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A family of compounds with similar chemical properties whose successive members differ by the addition of a -CH2-

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What is a functional group?

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Part of the molecule that is responsible for the molecules chemical properties

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What is an aliphatic hydrocarbon?

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Carbon atoms are joined to each other in straight chains

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What is an alicyclic hyrocarbon?

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Carbon atoms are joined to each other in a ring (cyclic structures)

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What is an aromatic hyrocarbon?

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Some or all of the carbon atoms are found in a benzene ring

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What is this hydrocarbon? Is it aliphatic, alicyclic, or an aromatic?

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Aliphatic

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What is this hydrocarbon? Is it aliphatic, alicyclic, or an aromatic?

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Aromatic

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What is this hydrocarbon? Is it aliphatic, alicyclic, or an aromatic?

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Alicyclic

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What alkane has 1 carbon?

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Methane

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What alkane has 2 carbons?

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Ethane

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What alkane has 3 carbons?

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Propane

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What alkane has 4 carbons?

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Butane

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What alkane has 5 carbons?

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Pentane

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What alkane has 6 carbons?

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Hexane

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What alkane has 7 carbons?

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Heptane

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What alkane has 8 carbons?

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Octane

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What alkane has 9 carbons?

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Nonane

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What alkane has 10 carbons?

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Decane

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What type of formula is this: CnH2n+2?

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General formula

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What type of formula is this?

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Displayed formula

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What type of formula is this: CH3CH2CH3?

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Structural formula

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What type of formula is this?

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Skeletal formula

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What is structural isomerism?

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Structural isomers are compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formula

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What is homolytic fission?

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When a covalent bond breaks by homolytic fission each of the bonded atoms takes one of the shared elecrons from the bonds

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What is heterolytic fission?

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When a covalent bond breaks by heterolytic fission, one of the bonded atoms takes both of the electrons from the bond

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Why do alkanes not react with most common reagents?

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C-H and C-C bonds are strong

C-C bonds are non polar

The electronegativety of carbon and hyrogen is so similar that the C-H bond can be considered to be non-polar

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