Naming Organic Compounds
01 Oct 09
Basic Hydrocarbons
Alkanes, CnH(2n+2)
- hydrocarbons containing single bonded carbon-carbon
- alkanes are saturated hydrocarbon which means it has the maximum number of hydrogens attached to the carbon chain
- CnH(2n+2)
- C2H6, C100H202,
- methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, nonane, decane
Alkenes, CnH2n
- hydrocarbon containing at least one double bond within the carbon carbon bonds
- alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons, thus, the carbon chain does not have the maximum number of hydrogens bonded to it
- CnH2n
- C2H4, C100H200,
-methene, ethene, propene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene
Alkynes, CnH(2n-2)
- hydrocarbon containing at least one triple bond within the carbon carbon chain
- like alkenes, alkynes are unsaturated hydrocarbon
- CnH(2n-2), C2H4, C100H198
-methyne, ethyne, propyne, butyne, pentyne, hexyne, heptyne, octyne, nonyne, decyne
Alkanes, CnH(2n+2)
- hydrocarbons containing single bonded carbon-carbon
- alkanes are saturated hydrocarbon which means it has the maximum number of hydrogens attached to the carbon chain
- CnH(2n+2)
- C2H6, C100H202,
- methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, nonane, decane
Alkenes, CnH2n
- hydrocarbon containing at least one double bond within the carbon carbon bonds
- alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons, thus, the carbon chain does not have the maximum number of hydrogens bonded to it
- CnH2n
- C2H4, C100H200,
-methene, ethene, propene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene
Alkynes, CnH(2n-2)
- hydrocarbon containing at least one triple bond within the carbon carbon chain
- like alkenes, alkynes are unsaturated hydrocarbon
- CnH(2n-2), C2H4, C100H198
-methyne, ethyne, propyne, butyne, pentyne, hexyne, heptyne, octyne, nonyne, decyne