Compound unsaturated hydrocarbon

The general formula for alkenes implies that at least two carbon atoms in any alkene compound have fewer than four bonded atoms. As a result, chemists refer to alkenes as unsaturated compounds. Unlike saturated compounds, unsaturated hydrocarbons contain carbon atoms that can potentially bond to additional atoms. 

Inhibition of cure is caused by various widley used substances such as sulfijr compounds, amines, organometallic compounds, unsaturated hydrocarbons etc. 

Acetylenes are another series of unsaturated hydrocarbons which include compounds containing a carbon-carbon triple bond, for example acetylene Itself ... 

In addition to inorganic radicals, which profoundly modify the properties of a paraflSn hydrocarbon residue, there is a whole series of organic groupings which are distinguished by exceptional reactivity, for example, the ethylene and acetylene groupings, and the phenyl and naphthyl radicals. Thus the characterisation of unsaturated hydrocarbons and their derivatives, e.g., the aromatic compounds, becomes possible. 

Concentrated sulphuric acid. The paraffin hydrocarbons, cych-paraffins, the less readily sulphonated aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, xylenes, etc.) and their halogen derivatives, and the diaryl ethers are generally insoluble in cold concentrated sulphuric acid. Unsaturated hydrocarbons, certain polyalkylated aromatic hydrocarbons (such as mesitylene) and most oxygen-containing compounds are soluble in the cold acid. 

Unsaturated hydrocarbons are found in Solubility Group V. The two reagents employed for the detection of unsaturation, not only of unsaturated hydrocarbons but of all cla.sses of unsaturated compounds (RR C=CR"R" ), are ... 

Carbon atoms can also form cyclic compounds. Aromatic hydrocarbons (arenes), of which benzene is the parent, consist of a cyclic arrangement of formally unsaturated carbons, which, however, give a stabilized (in contrast to their hypothetical cyclopolyenes), delocalized system. 

Unsaturated hydrocarbons and other compounds of intermediate polarity ... 

In Group 14 (IV), carbon serves as a Lewis base in a few of its compounds. In general, saturated ahphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons are stable in the presence of BF, whereas unsaturated ahphatic hydrocarbons, such as propjdene or acetylene, are polymerized. However, some hydrocarbons and their derivatives have been reported to form adducts with BF. Typical examples of adducts with unsaturated hydrocarbons are 1 1 adducts with tetracene and 3,4-benzopyrene (39), and 1 2 BF adducts with a-carotene and lycopene (40). 

Sulfitation and Bisulfitation of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons. Sulfites and bisulfites react with compounds such as olefins, epoxides, aldehydes, ketones, alkynes, a2iridines, and episulftdes to give aHphatic sulfonates or hydroxysulfonates. These compounds can be used as intermediates in the synthesis of a variety of organic compounds. 

The principal mbbers, eg, natural, SBR, or polybutadiene, being unsaturated hydrocarbons, are subjected to sulfur vulcanization, and this process requires certain ingredients in the mbber compound, besides the sulfur, eg, accelerator, zinc oxide, and stearic acid. Accelerators are catalysts that accelerate the cross-linking reaction so that reaction time drops from many hours to perhaps 20—30 min at about 130°C. There are a large number of such accelerators, mainly organic compounds, but the most popular are of the thiol or disulfide type. Zinc oxide is required to activate the accelerator by forming zinc salts. Stearic acid, or another fatty acid, helps to solubilize the zinc compounds. 

Like NR, SBR is an unsaturated hydrocarbon polymer. Hence unvulcanised compounds will dissolve in most hydrocarbon solvents and other liquids of similar solubility parameter, whilst vulcanised stocks will swell extensively. Both materials will also undergo many olefinic-type reactions such as oxidation, ozone attack, halogenation, hydrohalogenation and so on, although the activity and detailed reactions differ because of the presence of the adjacent methyl group to the double bond in the natural rubber molecule. Both rubbers may be reinforced by carbon black and neither can be classed as heat-resisting rubbers. 

Although inhibitors are deliberately added to the silicone formulation to control cure rate, unwanted cure inhibition can be caused by other species that react to form strong complexes with the platinum catalyst. Most notable of these undesired inhibitors include organotin and other organometallic compounds, sulfur, polysulfides, polysulfones or other sulfur-containing materials, amines, urethanes or amine-containing materials, unsaturated hydrocarbons in plasticizers, and some solder flux residues. 

Alkenes — Also known as olefins, and denoted as C H2 the compounds are unsaturated hydrocarbons with a single carbon-to-carbon double bond per molecule. The alkenes are very similar to the alkanes in boiling point, specific gravity, and other physical characteristics. Like alkanes, alkenes are at most only weakly polar. Alkenes are insoluble in water but quite soluble in nonpolar solvents like benzene. Because alkenes are mostly insoluble liquids that are lighter than water and flammable as well, water is not used to suppress fires involving these materials. Because of the double bond, alkenes are more reactive than alkanes. 

As in the alkanes, it is possible for carbon atoms to align themselves in different orders to form isomers. Not only is it possible for the carbon atoms to form branches which produce isomers, but it is also possible for the double bond to be situated between different carbon atoms in different compounds. This different position of the double bond also results in different structural formulas, which, of course, are isomers. Just as in the alkanes, isomers of the alkenes have different properties. The unsaturated hydrocarbons and their derivatives are more active chemically than the saturated hydrocarbons and their derivatives. 

Another analogous series of unsaturated hydrocarbons that contain just one multiple bond, but, instead of being a double bond, it is a triple bond is the alkynes. The names of all the compounds end in -yne. The only compound m this series that is at all common happens to be an extremely hazardous material. It is a highly unstable (to heat, shock, and pressure), highly flammable gas that is the first compound in the series. This two-carbon unsaturated hydrocarbon with a triple bond between its two carbon atoms is called ethyne, and indeed this is its proper name. It is, however, known by its common name, acetylene. 

Organometallic chemistry (see p. 1199) is not particularly extensive even though gold alkyls were amongst the first organo-transition metal compounds to be prepared. Those of Au are the most stable in this group, while Cu and Ag (but not Au ) form complexes, of lower stability, with unsaturated hydrocarbons. 

Aliphatic Hydrocarbons. These are acyclic hydrocarbons with an open-chain structure, which can be either straight (i.e., linear) or branched. The former type are called normal (or n-) aliphatic compounds. Unsaturation is manifested in the form of double or triple bonds. 

Compounds that contain only hydrogen and carbon are called hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons that have only single bonds all have similar chemistry and they are called, as a family, the saturated hydrocarbons. If there are carbon-carbon double bonds, the reactivity is much enhanced. Hence hydrocarbons containing one or more double bonds are named as a distinct family, unsaturated hydrocarbons. Both saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons can occur in chain-like structures or in cyclic structures. Each of these families will be considered. 

Unsaturated compounds are those organic compounds in which less than four other atoms are attached to one or more of the carbon atoms. Ethylene, C2H4, is an unsaturated compound. Because ethylene involves only carbon and hydrogen, it is an unsaturated hydrocarbon. Propylene, the next more complicated unsaturated hydrocarbon, has the molecular formula C3H6. 

Unsaturated, hydrocarbons, 342 Uranium compounds, 223 electron configuration, 415 oxidation number, 414 preparation, 35 Uranium hexafluoride, 35 Uranus, data on, 444 Urea, 434... 

An excellent review by Roth and Eisner (63) summarized the chemical defense substances found in arthropods up to 1962. These authors listed 31 defense substances of known structure one anhydride, three carboxylic acids, nine aldehydes, one furan, three hydrocarbons, two ketones, one lactone, eight quinones, and three inorganic compounds. Many of these same compounds (unsaturated aldehydes and quinones) have been found in other arthropods since 1962 (38). The compounds are discharged when the animal is disturbed by predators, and there can be no doubt that the action of most of them... 

The Metathesis of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Catalyzed by Transition Metal Compounds... 

A saturated hydrocarbon is an aliphatic hydrocarbon with no multiple carbon-carbon bonds an unsaturated hydrocarbon has one or more double or triple carbon-carbon bonds. More hydrogen atoms can be added to compounds in which there are multiple bonds, but compounds with only single bonds are saturated with hydrogen. Compound (3) is saturated compounds (4) and (5) are unsaturated. 

M is an unsaturated hydrocarbon or an organic compound such as CH3OH, CH3I, CH3N02, (CH3)2CO, CH3NH2, etc. When M is an olefin, Reaction 27 or 28 will compete with a hydride transfer process (see earlier discussion) and a condensation process. For instance, in the radiolysis of C3D8-CH3CHCH2 mixtures (9), the relative rates of Reactions 29, 30, 31, and 32... 

A microemulsion (p.E) is a thermodynamically stable, transparent (in the visible) droplet type dispersion of water (W) and oil (O a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon) stabilized by a surfactant (S) and a cosurfactant (CoS a short amphiphile compound such as an alcohol or an amine) [67]. Sometimes the oil is a water-insoluble organic compound which is also a reactant and the water may contain mineral acids or salts. Because of the small dispersion size, a large amount of surfactant is required to stabilize microemulsions. The droplets are very small (about 100-1000 A [68]), about 100 times smaller than those of a typical emulsion. The existence of giant microemulsions (dispersion size about 6000 A) has been demonstrated [58]. 

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