Chemistry 2223B Lecture Notes - Mp 89, Staggered Conformation, Cycloalkane
7 Mar 2014
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Chemistry 2213a fall 2012 western university. Organic structure #1: alkanes & cycloalkanes: alkanes and cycloalkanes are generally unreactive due to the strength and non-polarity of the c-c and c-h bonds. They don"t do much except burn: despite their low reactivity, alkanes and cycloalkanes are important in because they act as molecular scaffolds frameworks that can be used to attach other functional groups. They also illustrate many important concepts of structure. H: constitutional isomerism, alkanes are acyclic hydrocarbons and have the general formula cnh2n+2, recall, however, that the molecular formula of a substance does not always cholesterol indicate its structure because of constitutional isomerism. Constitutional isomers are compounds that have the same molecular formula but different bonding sequence (atom connectivity): constitutional isomers are different chemical compounds, so they have different chemical and physical properties, e. g. the boiling points of various pentanes (c5h12). Organic structure #1: alkanes & cycloalkanes 2.
