Science - Carbon Structure and Hyrdocarbons

• Carbon is an unusual atom in that it is able to form very strong covalent bonds with other carbon atoms.
• The study of carbon-containing compounds ' structure, characteristics, composition, reactions, and preparation is known as organic chemistry.
• Petroleum is a dark, flammable liquid often called crude oil.
• Catenation is the ability of atoms in forming stable bonds with itself, hence joining up into chains or rings.
• Organic chemistry is the study of carbon compounds obtained from natural sources or synthesized in laboratories.
• Gasoline is the most common automobile fuel used all over the world

  to power cars, motorcycles, and other machinery.
• A compound that is only made of only carbon and hydrogen is called a hydrocarbon.
• The simplest hydrocarbons form a series of compounds

  known as alkanes.
• The names of the 4 simplest alkanes are methane, ethane, propane,

  and butane.
• Formula for Alkane: CnH2n+2
• Formula for Alkene: CnH2n
• Alkanes of the same formula can have different arrangements of atoms. Such different arrangements are known as isomers.
• Alkenes contain carbon atoms joined by double

  covalent bonds.
• The simplest alkene is ethene.
• Determine the type?

  Methane

  
• Determine the type?

  Ethane

  
• Determine the type?

  Propane

  
• Determine the type?

  Butane

  
• Determine the type?

  Pentane

  
• Determine the type?

  Hexane

  
• Determine the type?

  Heptane

  
• Determine the type?

  Octane

  
• Determine the type?

  Nonane

  
• Determine the type?

  Decane

  
• Alkyne contains triple bonds.