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Carbon atom bonded to halogen
Alkyl halides
Carbon atom bonded to oxygen of hydroxyl group
Alcohols
bonded to the oxygen of a phosphate group
organophosphate
carbon atom bonded to nitrogen
amines
carbon atom bonded to the sulfur
thiols
2 carbon atoms bonded to the same sulfur
sulfides
bonded to two sulfurs that are joined together
disulfides
alkanes are often describe as saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbons
saturated hydrocarbons
Alkanes are ocasionally called aliphatic compounds. True or False
true, greek is aleiphas meaning fat
The same numbers and kinds of atoms but differ in the way atoms are arranged
Isomers
Atoms connected differently is called?
constitutional isomers
A complex mixture of hydrocarbons that must first be separated into various fractions and further refined before it can be used
Petroleum
Alkanes are sometimes referred to as paraffins. True or false?
true, from latin parum affinis means slight affinity
Different arrangements of atoms that result from bond rotations are called?
conformations
Molecules that ave different arrangement are called?
conformational isomers or conformers