Organic Chem + Alkanes

Organic Chemistry is the study of CARBON COMPOUNDS
- Carbon forms multiple covalent bonds


Carbon Compounds can form chains, rings or branches
- There are less than 100,000 non-organic compounds
- Organic compounds number more than 17,000,000

The simplest organic compounds are made of carbon and hydrogen


CH4 (Methane)



CH3CH3 (Ethane)


- Saturated compounds have no double or triple bonds
- Compounds with only single bonds are called Alkanes and always end in "-ane"




NOMENCLATURE


There are 3 categories of organic compounds
1) Straight chains
2) Cyclic chains
3) Aromatics



STRAIGHT CHAINS


Rules for naming straight chain compounds:
1) Circle the longest continuous chain and name the base chain
- meth, eth, prop, etc.
2) Number the base chin so side chains have the lowest possible numbers
3) Name each side chain using the "-yl" ending
4) Give each side chain the appropriate number
5) List side chains alphabetically


Name the Alkanes!! :