Organic Chem - getting started with alkanes (Part 1)

In this DO NOW done in class today, we had a chance to get a feel for how to name substituents on Alkanes. Alkanes are chains of carbons that number from 1 to as many as 10 or even more.
We learned how to find the longest chain (which determines the basic name of the compound), which carbon is number 1, how to specify the name of the substituents (carbons attached to the longest chain) and how to name when the same size substituent is on more than one carbon. In Part 2 you will see how to draw a molecule based on its name. We also demonstrate how much easier it is to write the chemical structure when we use the "carbon backbone" . We only write C's and the bonds between C's as lines so we can easily visuatize the shape of the molecule and its associated name.

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Education

Tags:

• alkanes
• organic
• chemistry
• hydrocarbons
• substituents
• longest
• chain
• naming
• name
• molecules