Petroleum A Naming Organic Compounds I Flashcards

1. Petroleum A Naming Organic Compounds I Flashcards

2. Use the chart on pg. 187 to answer some of these questions.

3. CH3 | CH2 |CH3 – CH – CH2 – CH3Name this compound.

4. 3-methylpentane(the longest branch is 5 C’s long)

5. The molecule 4-ethyl-2-methyl-hexane is an isomer of which straight chain alkane?

6. n- nonane

7. Name and describe the three “alkyl groups” we’ve used to name alkanes.

8. methyl – CH3ethyl – CH2 – CH3propyl – CH2 – CH2 – CH3

9. The molecule 2,2 – dimethyl butane is an isomer of which straight chain alkane?

10. n - hexane

11. CH3 |CH3 – CH – CH3Name this compound.

12. 2-methylpropane

13. CH3 |CH3 – CH – CH2 – CH3Name this compound.

14. 3-methylbutane

15. CH3 |CH3 – CH2 Name this compound.

16. propane

17. CH3 |CH3 – C – CH3 | CH3Name this compound.

18. 2,2-dimethylpropane

19. CH3 |CH2 – CH2 – CH2 – CH2 | CH3Name this compound.

20. n-hexane

21. CH3 |CH3 – C – CH2 – CH3 | CH3Name this compound.

22. 2,2-dimethylbutane

23. CH2 – CH3 |CH3 – CH2 – CH – CH2 – CH2 | CH3Name this compound.

24. 3-ethylhexane

25. CH3 CH2 – CH3 | |CH3 – CH – CH – CH – CH2 – CH3 | CH2 – CH3Name this compound.

26. 3,4-diethyl-2-methylhexane

27. CH3 CH2 – CH3 | |CH3 – CH2 – C – CH2 – CH– CH2 – CH3 | CH3Name this compound.

28. 3-ethyl-5,5-dimethylheptane