NSCI 1322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Cycloalkane, Aliphatic Compound, Butane
12 Jan 2017
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In the condensed structural formulas, a carbon atom and its attached hydrogen atoms are assumed to be at each corner. A cycloalkane is a regular alkane with a ring or loop. An example is cyclohexane, which is a ring of 6 carbon atoms, each bonded to 2 hydrogen atoms (c6h12). Because of their cyclical nature, cycloalkanes do not have the freedom of rotation that regular alkanes possess. Stereochemistry plays a very important role in both the limitations of movements, but also, in some instances the limitations of reactions that can take place. Often these limitations are due less to the cyclical nature itself so much as the lack of freedom of rotation found in such alkanes. First four members of the cycloalkane series. These are saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons characterized by carbon-atom rings. Fossil fuels (natural gas, petroleum, and coal) are the principal sources of all types of organic chemicals.
