Chemistry 2213A/B Chapter 3: 3.1-3.7 Alkanes and Cycloalkanes

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Hydrocarbon: a compound that contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms. Alkanes: a saturated hydrocarbon whose carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain. Aliphatic hydrocarbon: an alternative term to describe an alkane. Saturated hydrocarbon: a hydrocarbon containing only carbon-carbon single bonds. Unsaturated hydrocarbon: a hydrocarbon that contains one or more carbon- carbon double bonds, triple bonds, or benzene rings. Line-angle formula: an abbreviated way to draw structural formulas in which each vertex and each line ending represents a carbon atom and a line represents a bond. Constitutional isomers: compounds with the same molecular formula, but a different order of attachment of their atoms. Iupac: international union of pure and applied chemistry. Iupac name of an alkane with an unbranched chain of carbon atoms hs 2 parts. Prefix that indicates the number of carbon atoms in the chain. Suffix -ane to show the compound is a saturated hydrocarbon.

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