Chemistry11OrganicChemistryI
Name:Date:Block:
1. Carbon–OrganicCompounds2. SimpleHydrocarbons3. NamingSimpleHydrocarbons
Carbon–OrganicCompoundsLewisStructureforCarbon:Acarbonatomhas_____valenceelectrons.OrganicCompounds
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• Organiccompoundsmayalsocontain
Examplesoforganiccompounds:
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InorganicCarbonCompounds
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SimpleHydrocarbons
• Recallthatacarbonhas_____valenceelectrons.• Eachcarbonatomcanform_____covalentbonds.
NamingSimpleHydrocarbons•
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• ChemicalFormula:
#ofCAtoms Prefix Alkane Formula1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Practice!
1. Writeoutthecondensedstructuralformulaforall10straight-chainalkanes.
2. Drawthecarbonskeletonformulaforall10straight-chainalkanes.(Youcannotdrawmethane.)
3. Octane,aconstituentofgasoline,hasthemolecularformulaC8H18.Drawastructuralformula,condensedstructuralformulaandcarbonskeletonformulaforoctane.Assumethatthecarbonsareallbondedinasinglechaintoeachother.
4. Drawastructuralformula,condensedstructuralformula,andcarbonskeletalformulaforC6H12.
Arrangethecarbonatomsinaclosedringshapesothateachcarbonatomisbondedtotwoothercarbonatoms.
5. Whatwouldtheformulabeforastraightchainalkanethathadthefollowingnumberofcarbonorhydrogenatoms?
a. 6carbonatoms
b. 12carbonatoms
c. 14carbonatoms
d. 29carbonatoms
e. 98carbonatoms
f. 102hydrogenatoms
g. 54hydrogenatoms
h. 84hydrogenatoms
i. 16hydrogenatoms
j. 4hydrogenatoms