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Petroleum A Naming Organic Compounds
I Flashcards
Use the chart on pg. 187 to answer some of these
questions.
CH3 | CH2 |CH3 – CH – CH2 – CH3
Name this compound.
3-methylpentane
(the longest branch is 5 C’s long)
The molecule 4-ethyl-2-methyl-hexane is an isomer of which straight chain alkane?
n- nonane
Name and describe the three “alkyl groups” we’ve used to name alkanes.
methyl – CH3
ethyl – CH2 – CH3
propyl – CH2 – CH2 – CH3
The molecule 2,2 – dimethyl butane is an isomer of which straight chain alkane?
n - hexane
CH3 |CH3 – CH – CH3
Name this compound.
2-methylpropane
CH3 |CH3 – CH – CH2 – CH3
Name this compound.
3-methylbutane
CH3 |CH3 – CH2
Name this compound.
propane
CH3 |CH3 – C – CH3 | CH3
Name this compound.
2,2-dimethylpropane
CH3 |CH2 – CH2 – CH2 – CH2 | CH3 Name this compound.
n-hexane
CH3 |CH3 – C – CH2 – CH3 | CH3 Name this compound.
2,2-dimethylbutane
CH2 – CH3 |CH3 – CH2 – CH – CH2 – CH2 | CH3
Name this compound.
3-ethylhexane
CH3 CH2 – CH3 | |CH3 – CH – CH – CH – CH2 – CH3 | CH2 – CH3
Name this compound.
3,4-diethyl-2-methylhexane
CH3 CH2 – CH3 | |CH3 – CH2 – C – CH2 – CH – CH2 – CH3 |
CH3
Name this compound.
3-ethyl-5,5-dimethylheptane