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Good experimental structures are available only for a few simple alkanes. Among the references for ethane [25-29], the r structure determination by Dimcan et al. [27] is most relevant as the QC methods make predictions of equilibrium structures, [28] and r P [29] structures for ethane are also given in Table 5 and Fig. 5. An early rg structure [30] and an... 

Dehalogenation of organoboron halides with Na-K alloy in hexane or toluene gives diborylated alkanes , among other products, and for 1-chloroborolane a derivative of... 

The answer is A. Alcohols are much more acidic than alkanes. Among alcohols, primary alcohols are the most acidic ones. Compound A is a primary alcohol. Compound B is a secondary alcohol and Compound C is a tertiary alcohol. 

A particnlarly clear example of the effect of dispersion forces on physical properties occnrs among the nnbranched alkanes (n-alkanes). Among these compounds, boiling points increase steadily with chain length the longer the chain. 

The most difficult group of hydrocarbons to oxidize and one which until recently has resisted attempts at selective mild catalytic activation is the alkanes. Among those transformations currently desired (Fig. 30) are direct conversion of methane to methanol, formaldehyde, or higher hydrocarbons direct hydroxylation of light alkanes and smooth selective oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes. 

Alkanes—Among saturated hydrocarbons, also known as alkanes, those based on a straight- or branched-chains of carbon atoms have the formula C H2 +2-Alkanes that differ in sequence by a constant unit form a homologous series. Hydrocarbons can adopt different conformations, or arrangements, of their atoms. Alkanes... 

Among the various classes of hydrocarbons alkanes contain carbon m its most reduced state and alkynes contain carbon m its most oxidized state... 

We have seen in this chapter that among isomenc alkanes the unbranched isomer is the least stable and has the highest boiling point the most branched isomer is the most stable and has the lowest boiling point Does this mean that one alkane boils lower than another because it is more stable" Explain... 

Chlorination of alkanes is less exothermic than fluonnation and bromination less exothermic than chlorination Iodine is unique among the halogens m that its reaction with alkanes is endothermic and alkyl iodides are never prepared by lodmation of alkanes... 

Bromine reacts with alkanes by a free radical chain mechanism analogous to that of chlorine There is an important difference between chlorination and brommation how ever Brommation is highly selective for substitution of tertiary hydrogens The spread m reactivity among pnmary secondary and tertiary hydrogens is greater than 10 ... 

Among the isomenc alkanes of molecular formula C5H12 identify the one that on photo chemical chlorination yields... 

Alkenes resemble alkanes m most of their physical properties The lower molecular weight alkenes through 4 are gases at room temperature and atmospheric pressure The dipole moments of most alkenes are quite small Among the 4 isomers 1 butene cis 2 butene and 2 methylpropene have dipole moments m the 0 3-05 D range trans 2 butene has no dipole moment Nevertheless we can learn some things about alkenes by looking at the effect of substituents on dipole moments... 

DMAMP and AMP are among the strongest amines commercially available. The dissociation constants of these materials appear in Table 2. AH alkan olamines have slight amine odors in the Hquid state the soHds are nearly odorless. 

Compounds like the two C4M [() molecules and the three C3I I 12 molecules, which have the same formula but different structures, are called isomers, from the Greek isos + meros, meaning "made of the same parts." Isomers are compounds that have the same numbers and kinds of atoms but differ in the way the atoms are arranged. Compounds like butane and isobutane, whose atoms are connected differently, are called constitutional isomers. We ll see shortly that other kinds of isomers are also possible, even among compounds whose atoms are connected in the same order. As Table 3.2 shows, the number of possible alkane isomers increases dramatically as the number of carbon atoms increases. 

The higher the molecular weight of the /z-alkane, the better the dehydrated molecular sieve adsorbs it. Besides the molecular weight of a compound, the polarity is of decisive importance concerning its affinity to the molecular sieve. Therefore water is adsorbed most preferentially molecular sieves are among... 

Callaghan AV, LM Gieg, KG Kropp, JM Suflita, LY Young (2006) Comparison of mechanisms of alkane metabolism under sulfate-reducing conditions among two bacterial isolates and a bacterial consortium. Appl Environ Microbiol 72 4274-4282. 

Monooxygenation is distributed among a variety of bacteria and several have been examined for their potential to degrade fluorinated alkanes ... 

In fact, the selective catalytic removal of NO in presence of excess oxygen remains a challenge. Most of the cunent studies involve C1-C4 hydrocarbons as reductants and zeolites as catalysts, among which Cu-exchanged MFI zeolites are considered as one of the most active [2]. The reductant shows a complex influence in this reaction it has been thus reported that a Cu/Zr02 catalysts are active with pro-pene but show low activity with propane as reductant [3]. For a practical use reduction by higher alkanes would be attractive, siiKe it would be easier to handle in a vehicle. 

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