Chemistry
State the sources of alkanes.
Organic Chemistry
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Natural gas and petroleum are the principal sources of alkanes. Natural gas contains mainly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane.
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(a) Alkenes are the (i) …………… (analogous/homologous) series of (ii) …………… (saturated/unsaturated) hydrocarbons. They differ from alkanes due to the presence of (iii) …………… (double/single) bonds. Alkenes mainly undergo (iv) …………… (addition/substitution) reactions.
(b) The organic compound which undergoes substitution reaction is (v) …………… (C2H2, C2H4, C10H18, C2H6)
(c) Draw the structural formulae of the two isomers of Butane. Give the correct IUPAC name of each isomer.
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(a) The saturated hydrocarbon containing two carbon atoms.
(b) An alcohol with three carbon atom.
(c) A triple bond hydrocarbon with two carbon atoms.
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