Alkanes Hydrocarbons containing only single naming

Compounds of carbon and hydrogen only are called hydrocarbons. These are the simplest compounds of organic chemistry. The most basic group of hydrocarbons are the alkanes, which contain only single bonds. The simplest member of the alkane series is methane, CH4, the main component of natural gas. The names of some alkanes are listed in Table 1. Alkanes sometimes... 

Hydrocarbons containing only single bonds are called alkanes, while those containing double or triple bonds are alkenes and alkynes, respectively. The names of simple, straight-chain hydrocarbons consist of a base name, which is determined by the number of carbon atoms in the chain, and a suffix, determined by whether the hydrocarbon is an... 

Alkanes are hydrocarbons that contain only single bonds. Alkane names generally have the -ane suffix, and the first part of the name indicates the number of carbon atoms. Table 2-2 shows how the prefixes in the names correspond with the number of carbon atoms. 

Alkanes are arranged in open chains (that might include branches). The term includes paraffins and olefins and provides a distinction from aromatics and naphthenes, which have at least some of their carbon atoms arranged in closed chains or rings. Hydrocarbons that contain only single carbon-carbon bonds. The chemical name indicates the number of carbon atoms and ends with the suffix -ane. 

Hydrocarbons contain only C and H atoms, so their physical properties depend on the strength of their dispersion forces. The names of organic compounds have a root for the longest chain, a prefix for any attached group, and a suffix for the type of compound. Alkanes (CnHan+a) have only single bonds. Cycloalkanes (C Hp ) have ring structures that are typically nonplanar. Alkenes (CnHpn) have at least one C=C bond. Alkynes (CnHpn-p) have at least one C=C bond. Aromatic hydrocarbons have at least one planar ring with delocalized tt electrons. 

Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons—they contain only single bonds and are therefore represented by the generic formula C H2 +2. Alkane names always end in -one. 

As their name tells us, hydrocarbons contain only carbon and hydrogen. If a hydrocarbon has only carbon-carbon single bonds, it is an alkane if it contains a carbon-carbon double bond, it is an alkene if it contains carbon-carbon triple bonds, it is an alkyne and if it contains a benzene ring, it is an arene. 

The simplest hydrocarbons are those that contain only carbon and hydrogen. These simple hydrocarbons come in three varieties depending on the type of carbon-carbon bonds that occur in the molecule. Alkanes are the first class of simple hydrocarbons and contain only carbon-carbon single bonds. The alkanes are named by combining a prefix that describes the number of carbon atoms in the molecule with the root ending "ane". The names and prefixes for the first ten alkanes are given in the following table ... 

The alkanes are a type of hydrocarbon in which the carbon atoms are connected only by single bonds. One of the most common uses of alkanes is as fuels. Methane, used in gas heaters and gas cooktops, is an alkane with one carbon atom. The alkanes ethane, propane, and butane contain two, three, and four carbon atoms, respectively, connected in a row or a continuous chain. As we can see, the names for alkanes end in ane. Such names are part of the lUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) system used by chemists to name organic compounds. Alkanes with five or more carbon atoms in a chain are named using Greek prefixes pent (5), hex (6), hept (7), oct (8), non (9), and dec (10) (see Table 11.2). 

Since carbon can only form a total of four bonds, it is possible for a carbon atom to contain one triple bond and one single bond hydrocarbons containing a triple bond are termed alkynes. Alkynes are named in parallel to the alkanes and alkenes, as described previously, and can also be branched and linear. Propyne, also known as methylacetylene, has the condensed formula CHjC CH and is a component of MAPP gas, a tradename of the Petromont, previously of the Dow Chemical Company. MAPP stands for methylacetylene-propadiene propane. Propyne is usually used in combination with oxygen for welding and is about two to four times more expensive than propane. 

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