Chapter 4.1- Basic Concepts and hydrocarbons

Question 1

What is a hydrocarbon?

Answer 1

compounds that contain only carbon and hydrogen

Question 2

What are aliphatic hydrocarbons?

Answer 2

a hydrocarbon in which the carbon atoms are joined together in either a straight chain or branched chains

Question 3

What are alicyclic hydrocarbons?

Answer 3

carbon atoms are joined together in a ring structure but are not aromatic

Question 4

What are aromatic hydrocarbons?

Answer 4

there is at least one benzene ring in the structure

Question 5

What is a homologous series?

Answer 5

series of organic compounds that have the same functional group with successive members differing by one CH2 unit

Question 6

What are the three rules you must remember when naming organic molecules?

Answer 6

• numbers are used to indicate which carbon atom an alkyl group is joined to
• dashes are used to separate numbers
• prefixes are written in alphabetical order using the smallest numbers possible to indicate which carbon atoms they are joined onto