Organic Chemistry - Hydrocarbons: Alkynes

Question 1

alkynes

Answer 1

• contain a carbon-carbon triple bond

Question 2

nomenclature

Answer 2

• use rules for alkenes

- exception to alkene rules is suffix -yne

Question 3

alkyne bonds

Answer 3

• each carbon atom in a triple bond is a sp hybrid
• it has combined an as orbital and a p orbital to make two sp orbitals, but still has the remaining two p orbitals
• a triple bond contains one sigma bond and two pi bonds