Organic Review

Chemistry

alkane	alkene	alkyne	radical	branch
substituent	saturated hydrocarbon	unsaturated hydrocarbon	alcohol	saponification

1. What are the general (generic) formulas for the following?

Alkanes

Alkenes

Alkynes

2. What are the general structures for the following?

Alcohol

Aldehyde

Carboxylic acid

3. What differentiates the following when naming? How do you identify them when you have the structure?

Alkane

Alkene

Alkyne

Alcohol

Aldehyde

Carboxylic acid

Cycloalkane

4. Write out the structure, then complete the combustion reaction

Heptane is burned in air

Structure

Balanced equation

Butanol is burned in air

Structure

Balanced equation

5. Given the name of the compound, give the structural formula for each hydrocarbon.

a. 3-propyl-1-cyclohexanol d. 2,2-dibromopropanal

b. 1-methyl-2-ethyl-3-pentene e. 2,3,4-triiodononane

c. methanoic acid f. 1,3-butadiyne

6. Name the following hydrocarbons