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Alkanes
Alkanes Nomenclature System Basis for all life.
Structural Isomers
Cycloalkanes
Form stable covalent bonds to other carbon
Reactions of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes atoms - catenation.
Alkyl Halides
Can form single, double and triple bonds.
Organic Long carbon chains can be produced.
Compounds Will bond with many other elements.
Alkanes A HUGE number of chemicals are possible.
Allotropic forms
of carbon
Elemental carbon exists in 4 forms.
Amorphous- no definite structure
Graphite- layered sheets of rings
Diamond- tetrahedral
Spherical- combination of rings
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH3 CH3CH(CH3)CH2CH3 H H H
Ethane Hybridization
• Bond order = 1 You should be asking . . . .
• Single C-C bond
• Tetrahedral geometry “ If carbon has two s electrons and two p
electrons, how do we get a tetrahedral
shape? ”
• The reason is that the s and p orbitals will blend
together, giving us 4 equivalent orbitals.
• The s and p orbitals are very close in energy so
the four electrons spend time in the s and the 3
different p.
• This process is called hybridization.
Hybridization Ethane sp3
hybrids
1s orbital
1 +3 4 of H
s p sp3
C ! bond C
In the case of a carbon that has 4 single
bonds, all of the orbitals are hybrids.
sp3
25% s and 75% p character We’ll look at other hybrids
in the next chapter.
Functional group
• contain only hydrogen and carbon
Specific combination of atoms that gives a
• only have single bonds
known type of behavior All members have the general formula of
CnH2n+2
Hydrocarbons C and H only
Alcohols R-OH First four members of the alkanes
Acids R-COOH Name # of C Condensed formula
Amines R-NH2 Methane 1 CH4
Ketones R(C=O)R’
C=O Ethane 2 CH3CH3
(CH3)2CHCH2CH2CH(CH3)2
Name the following.
(CH3)2CHCH2CH2CH(CH3)2 C C
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This is a condensed structural formula. C-C-C-C-C-C
First convert it to a carbon skeleton,
leaving out the hydrogens - it may help. Now name it!
C C
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C-C-C-C-C-C 3-ethyl-2,2-dimethylhexane
3. Use 2,5-dimethylhexane
Even more examples Cycloalkanes
Cyclic alkanes of the general formula, CnH2n.
4-methyldecane C-C
\ / cyclopropane
C Cyclic alkanes of the general formula,
CnH2n.
C-C
| | cyclobutane Named as the parent alkane but add
C-C cyclo-
C-C
/
C
\
C cyclohexane
• When they occur as a branch, use the
\ / same rules as with any branch.
C-C
• Cyclohexane as a branch would be
cyclohexyl.
2,2,4,4,6-pentamethylheptane
ethylcyclopentane CH3
H2C
CH
C
H2 H2
HC C
CH2
CH3
cycloheptane cyclohexane trans-1,4-dimethylcyclohexane
CH3
H2C
CH
1-cyclohexylheptane H3C
C
H2 H2 cis-1,4-dimethylcyclohexane
C C
H CH2
Sources of alkanes
Alkanes can be obtained by refinement or
Reactions of alkanes
hydrogenation of:
Halogenation
petroleum A reaction where a halogen
shale oil
coal replaces one or more hydrogens.
Cl C-Br CCl2F2
2-chloro
chloropropane
dichlorodifluoromethane
CH3C(CH3)ICH3
2-iodo-2-methylpropane
halide exchange
Note!
Does not work with tertiary alkyl halides.