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20.1 Hydrocarbons

Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, and aromatics: naming them, telling structural from geometric isomers, and contrasting substitution with addition.

Chemistry 2e, 20.1 Hydrocarbons

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20.1 Exercise 3

On a microscopic level, how does the reaction of bromine with a saturated hydrocarbon differ from its reaction with an unsaturated hydrocarbon? How are they similar?

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20.1 Exercise 5

Explain why unbranched alkenes can form geometric isomers while unbranched alkanes cannot. Does this explanation involve the macroscopic domain or the microscopic domain?

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20.1 Exercise 27

What mass of 2-bromopropane could be prepared from 25.5 g of propene? Assume a 100% yield of product.

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20.1 Exercise 29

Ethylene can be produced by the pyrolysis of ethane:
C2H6⟶C2H4+H2\text{C}_{2} \text{H}_{6} \rightarrow \text{C}_{2} \text{H}_{4} + \text{H}_{2}

How many kilograms of ethylene is produced by the pyrolysis of 1.000 ×\times 103 kg of ethane, assuming a 100.0% yield?

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19.3 Spectroscopic and Magnetic Properties of Coordination Compounds20.2 Alcohols and Ethers

Adapted from General Chemistry © 2019 Rice University. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sources: Chemistry 2e, Chemistry: Atoms First 2e. Imported at revision 32c7196.

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