Work Sheet Alkanes Sbi 09

Work Sheet Organic Chemistry I Chapter 2. Alkanes and Cycloalkanes

1. Give the name of the following alkanes:

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This compound is named

3-methylpentane 4-methylpentane 2-methylpentane methylpentane text

3. This compound is named This compound is

4,4-dimethylhexane 3,3-methylhexane 3,3-dimethylhexane 4-methylhexane

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4. A compound mistakenly named 3,4-dimethylbutane should be named correctly as 4-methylpentane 2-methylpentane 1-methylpentane 3-methylpentane text

5. The products of the balanced equation for the combustion of propane are 2CO2 + 4H2O 3CO + 4H2O 3CO2 + 4H2O 3CO2 + 8H2O 6. The names of two structural isomers of C5H12 are

2-methylbutane and 2,2-dimethylpropane pentane and 2-methylbutane 2,2-dimethylpropane and pentane any of the above html

7. Which of the following pairs represent structural isomers? propane and butane 2-methylbutane and butane

2-methylpropane and propane 2-methylpentane and 2,3-dimethylbutane 8. The name of this compound is 1-methylcyclohexane hexylmethane methylcyclohexane methylhexane text

9. This compound is named cyclohextyldimethane methylcyclohexane 1,3-methylcyclohexane 1,3-dimethylcyclohexane text

10. Which of the following compounds is soluble in water? sodium chloride hexane cyclopentane 2-methylhexane text

11. This compound is named

1,4-dichlorocyclohexane 2,5-dichlorocyclohexane p-dichlorobenzene dichlorocyclohexane 12. What is the IUPAC name for the following compound?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

1,3-pentamethylpropane 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutane 2,4,4-trimethylpentane 2,2,4-trimethylpentane

13. Draw the Structural Formula for: a) 4-ethyl-2-methylhexane b) 1-chloro-3,3-diethylpentane c) 2-bromo-4,4-dichloro-5,5-dimethylheptane d)

1-bromo-6,6-diethyl-4-propyloctane

14. Draw the Structural Formula for : a) 3-chloro-1,1-dimethylcyclohexane b) 4-ethyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethylcyclohexane c) 3-isobutyl-1,1-dipropylcyclobutane d) 1-chloro-1-cyclobutyl-4,4-diethylcycloheptane 15. Which of the these compounds represents the major monochlorination isomer formed in the following reaction?

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