general formula chemistry

• Alkane


  Carbon and hydrogen with only single bonds
• Alkene


  Molecule with a double bond
• Alkyne


  Molecule with a triple bond
• Functional group


  An atom or group of atoms that give a molecule its chemical properties
• The functional group is the part of the molecule that makes it do what it does and act the way that it does
• In an alkane, the functional group is the carbon-carbon single bonds
• In an alkene, the functional group is the carbon-carbon double bond
• In an alkyne, the functional group is the carbon-carbon triple bond
• Haloalkane


  Molecule with a halogen atom (e.g. chlorine, bromine, fluorine) attached to a carbon
• General formula for haloalkanes


  CnH2n+1X, where X is a halogen
• Functional group of haloalkanes

  CX, where X is a halogen
• Alcohol


  Molecule with a hydroxyl (OH) group attached to a carbon