Unit 2

Question 1

What are the prefixes?

Answer 1

Meth, Eth, Prop, But, Pent, Hex, Hept, Oct

Question 2

What are the suffixes

Answer 2

Ane, ene, an-x-ol, anal, -x-one, anoic acid

Question 3

What is a homologous series

Answer 3

Families of chemicals with the same general formula and similar chemical properties

Question 4

What does saturated mean

Answer 4

Contains only c-c single bonds (full)

Question 5

What does unsaturated mean

Answer 5

Contains c=c or c≡c single bonds (not full)

Question 6

What are the homologous series’s

Answer 6

Alkanes, alkenes, cycloalkanes, alcohols, carboxylic acids

Question 7

What reactions do the different homologous series do?

Answer 7

Alkanes: combustion
alkenes: addition
cycloalkanes: combustion
alcohols: combustion
carboxylic acids: neutralisation

Question 8

What kind of bonding do the different homologous series have

Answer 8

Alcohols and carboxylic acids: hydrogen bonding
Alkanes, alkenes and cycloalkane: London dispersion forces