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Classify the following hydrocarbons, and draw a Lewis structure for each one. A compound
Chapter 2, Problem PROBLEM 2-24(choose chapter or problem)
Classify the following hydrocarbons, and draw a Lewis structure for each one. A compound may fit into more than one of the following classifications:
alkane cycloalkane aromatic hydrocarbon
alkene cycloalkene
alkyne cycloalkyne
(a) \(\left(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2}\right)_{2} \mathrm{CHCH}\left(\mathrm{CH}_{3}\right)_{2}\)
(b) \(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CHCHCH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{3}\)
(c) \(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CCCH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{3}\)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
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QUESTION:
Classify the following hydrocarbons, and draw a Lewis structure for each one. A compound may fit into more than one of the following classifications:
alkane cycloalkane aromatic hydrocarbon
alkene cycloalkene
alkyne cycloalkyne
(a) \(\left(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2}\right)_{2} \mathrm{CHCH}\left(\mathrm{CH}_{3}\right)_{2}\)
(b) \(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CHCHCH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{3}\)
(c) \(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CCCH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{3}\)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
ANSWER:
Step 1 of 9
a)
Alkanes are defined as hydrocarbons which contain only single bonds.
The Lewis structure of a given molecule is as follows.
The above compound contains only single bonds.
Therefore, it belongs to an alkane.
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