Physical properties alkanes

Source Advances in Chemistry Series, no. 22, Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds, vol. II (Washington, DC American Chemical Society, 1959) and C. H. Fisher, Equations Correlate n-Alkane Physical Properties with Chain Length, Chemical Engineering, September 20 111-113 (1982). 

C. H. Fisher, Equations Correlate n-Alkane Physical Properties with Chain Length, Chemical Engineering, September 20 111-113 (1982). 

Appendix 1 lists selected physical properties for repre sentative alkanes as well as members of other families of organic compounds... 

Solubility in Water A familiar physical property of alkanes is contained m the adage oil and water don t mix Alkanes—indeed all hydrocarbons—are virtually insoluble m water In order for a hydrocarbon to dissolve m water the framework of hydrogen bonds between water molecules would become more ordered m the region around each mole cule of the dissolved hydrocarbon This increase m order which corresponds to a decrease m entropy signals a process that can be favorable only if it is reasonably... 

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... 

Alkynes resemble alkanes and aUcenes m their physical properties They share with these other hydrocarbons the properties of low density and low water solubility They are slightly more polar and generally have slightly higher boiling points than the corre spondmg alkanes and alkenes... 

The physical properties (boiling point solubility m water dipole moment) of alkynes resemble those of alkanes and alkenes... 

It IS instructive to compare the physical properties of ethers with alkanes and alcohols With respect to boiling point ethers resemble alkanes more than alcohols With respect to solubility m water the reverse is true ethers resemble alcohols more than alkanes Why" ... 

We have often seen that the polar nature of a substance can affect physical properties such as boiling point This is true for amines which are more polar than alkanes but less polar than alcohols For similarly constituted compounds alkylamines have boiling points higher than those of alkanes but lower than those of alcohols... 

Physical properties of the six commercial alkan olamines are given in Table 2. Because 2-amino-2-methyl-l-propanol (AMP) and... 

Alkenes resemble alkanes in most of their physical properties. The lower molecular weight alkenes through C4HS are gases at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. 

Although alkadienes have a higher degree of unsaturation than alkenes, their chemical behavior is similar to alkenes, and their physical properties are similar to alkanes containing the same number of carbon atoms. Common alkenyl groups include... 

Physical properties of alkynes [49, p. 251] are essentially similar to those of alkanes and alkenes. These compounds are weakly polar and are insoluble in water, but they are quite soluble in organic solvents of low polarity (e.g., ether, benzene, CCl ). Chemically, alkynes are more reactive than alkanes but behave like alkenes. The triple bond appears to be less reactive than the double bond in some reagents while more reactive in others. In a chemical reaction, the triple bond is usually broken into a double bond, which may eventually split into single bonds. 

Although many of the aromatic compounds based on benzene have pleasant odors, they are usually toxic, and some are carcinogenic. Volatile aromatic hydrocarbons are highly flammable and burn with a luminous, sooty flame. The effects of molecular size (in simple arenes as well as in substituted aromatics) and of molecular symmetry (e.g., xylene isomers) are noticeable in physical properties [48, p. 212 49, p. 375 50, p. 41]. Since the hybrid bonds of benzene rings are as stable as the single bonds in alkanes, aromatic compounds can participate in chemical reactions without disrupting the ring structure. 

Methane is the first memher of the alkane series and is the main component of natural gas. It is also a hy-product in all gas streams from processing crude oils. It is a colorless, odorless gas that is lighter than air. Table 2-1 shows selected physical properties of C1-C4 paraffinic hydro-carhon gases. 

Table 22.3 compares two physical properties, boiling point and water solubility, of alcohols, ethers, and alkanes of similar molar masses. Notice that—... 

Physical Properties of Simple Alkanes, Alcohols, and Ethers... 

Alkane Hydrocarbon containing only single carbon-carbon bonds. The simplest example is methane, CK, 580 cis-trans isomer in, 598 isomers in, 580-582 nomenclature, 582t physical properties, 591t sources, 583-585 structural isomerism, 597 tests for, 602 uses, 583-585... 

J 6 Describe general trends in the physical properties of alkanes (Section 18.3). 

Their physical properties are essentially those of the alkanes. It is the unsaturated linkages that dominate the chemistry and the main reaction is one of addition (e.g. hydrogen, halogen, and hydrogen halides) across the double bond to produce saturated compounds. This reactivity is utilized in the manufacture of long-chain polymers, e.g. polyethylene and polypropylene. 

Physical properties are similar to alkanes and the chemistry is dictated by the carbon triple bond. This bond is less reactive than the olefin double bond towards electrophilic reagents, but more... 

Alkenes and alkynes have physical properties similar to those of corresponding alkanes. 

Abstract In this chapter, selected results obtained so far on Fe(II) spin crossover compounds of 1,2,4-triazole, isoxazole and tetrazole derivatives are summarized and analysed. These materials include the only compounds known to have Fe(II)N6 spin crossover chromophores consisting of six chemically identical heterocyclic ligands. Particular attention is paid to the coordination modes for substituted 1,2,4-triazole derivatives towards Fe(II) resulting in polynuclear and mononuclear compounds exhibiting Fe(II) spin transitions. Furthermore, the physical properties of mononuclear Fe(II) isoxazole and 1-alkyl-tetrazole compounds are discussed in relation to their structures. It will also be shown that the use of a,p- and a,C0-bis(tetrazol-l-yl)alkane type ligands allowed a novel strategy towards obtaining polynuclear Fe(II) spin crossover materials. 

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