Sunday, May 29, 2011

Organic Chemistry.

Organic Chemistry is also known as the chemistry of carbon compounds.
Organic Compounds have low melting points, and can form chains of carbon atoms, linked in a straight-line, circular pattern, or branched pattern.
They can also link with other atoms in either a single bond, double bond or triple bond.

A hydrocarbon is a compound comprised of only hyrogen and carbon.
Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbon, in which the carbon atoms are bonded with single bonds.
Names of Alkanes: Here is a table of the differet alkanes and its molecular formula.

The formula for writing the formula of alkanes is:  CnH2n+2
Branched hydrocarbons or Substituted hydrocarbons are hydrocarbon attached to the side of the original hydrocarbon.
A alkyl group is an aklane which has lost a hydrogen atom.


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