Organic Chemistry

• A compound with no double bonds or rings has zero degrees of unsaturation, while one with two double bonds has two degrees of unsaturation.
• The number of carbon atoms is the degree of unsaturation.
• Alkenes are hydrocarbons that contain at least one C=C bond.
• Carboxylic Acid

  
• Alkyl halide

  
• pentane


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• methane


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• butane


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• propane


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• ethane


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• hexane


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• heptane


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• octane


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• nonane

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• decane


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• ethene


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• propene


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• butene


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• pentene


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• hexene


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• heptene


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• octene


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• decene


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• ethyne


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• propyne


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• butyne


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• pentyne


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• hexyne


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• heptyne


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• octyne


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• nonyne


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• decyne


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• 4

  The number of valence electrons Carbon has (number of bonds it could make.
• triple bond

  The strongest and shortest covalent bond
• single bond

  The weakest and longest covalent bond
• CH4


  molecular formula for methane
• C2H6

  molecular formula for ethane
• C3H8

  molecular formula for propane
• C4H10

  molecular formula for butane
• C5H12

  molecular formula for pentane