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Isomersinorganicchemistry
ThisquestionisaboutthehydrocarbonsthathavethemolecularformulaC5H10.
1 Definetheterm isomer.

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2 FiveoftheisomersofC5H10 arecyclicsaturatedhydrocarbons.
Drawthe skeletalformulae fortheseisomersandnameeachone.
3 Thereare fourstructuralisomerswiththemolecularformulaC5H10 whicharestraightchain
hydrocarbons.
a Givethestructuralformulaeoftheseisomersandnameeachone.
b Oneofthesestructuralisomersexhibitscistransisomerism.
i Identifythisisomer.
ii State the twopropertiesoftheisomerwhichmean thatitcanpossessthistypeof
stereoisomerism.
iii Drawthedisplayedandskeletalformulaeofthesetwostereoisomers.

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4 Cyclohexanehasthedisplayedformulashownbelow.

Draw skeletalformulaeforalltheisomersofthismoleculethathaveacycliccomponent.

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