Chapter 22Hydrocarbon Compounds

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Organic Chemistry & Hydrocarbons

Scientists used to think that only living organisms could synthesize the carbon compounds found in their cells. They called the study of these compounds organic chemistry.

However, Friedrich Wohler (1800s) was able to use inorganic substances to synthesize urea.

(a carbon compound found in urine)

Today - Organic chemistry includes the chemistry of almost all carbon compounds regardless of their origin.

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HydrocarbonsThere are many more organic compounds than inorganic

compounds

The simplest organic compounds contain only carbon and hydrogen and are called hydrocarbons.

The two simplest hydrocarbons are methane (CH4) and ethane C2H6.

Methane is a major component of natural gas and is formed by the action of bacterial on decaying plants in swamps and other marshy areas.

Livestock and termites also emit substantial quantities of methane as a product of digestion.

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MethaneCarbon has 4 valence electrons and hydrogen has 1, so

the carbon atom can form a single covalent bond with four hydrogen atoms.

Because carbon has four valence electrons,

a carbon atom always forms four covalent bonds.

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EthaneMethane is not typical of the vast majority of organic

compounds, because there isn’t a bond between carbon atoms in a methane molecule.

Ethane has a carbon-carbon bond. Two carbons atoms share a pair of electrons. The remaining six valence electrons form bonding pairs with the electrons from six hydrogen atoms.

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AlkanesThe ability of carbon to form stable carbon-carbon bonds

is one reason that carbon can form so many different compounds.

Alkanes are hydrocarbons in which there are only single covalent bonds.

In alkanes, all the carbon-carbon bonds are single covalent bonds and all other bonds are carbon hydrogen bonds.

The carbon atoms in an alkane can be arranged in a straight chain or in a chain that has branches

Alkanes have the general formula CnH2n + 2 (C2H6)6

Straight – Chain AlkanesEthane is the simplest of the straight-chain alkanes, which

contain any number of carbon atoms, one after the other in a chain.

Propane (C3H8) has three carbon atoms bonded in a chain with eight electrons shared with eight hydrogen atoms.

Butane (C4H10) has four carbon atoms bonded in a chain with 10 hydrogen atoms.

Homologous series – a constant increment of change in molecular structure from one compound in the series to the next. (straight-chain alkanes are an example)

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First Ten Straight-Chain AlkanesName Molecular

FormulaStructural Formula BP (ºC)

Methane CH4 CH4 -161.0

Ethane C2H6 CH3CH3 -88.5

Propane C3H8 CH3CH2CH3 -42.0

Butane C4H10 CH3CH2CH2CH3 0.5

Pentane C5H12 CH3CH2CH2CH2CH336.0

Hexane C6H14 CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3 68.7

Heptane C7H16 CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3 98.5

Octane C8H18 CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3 125.6

Nonane C9H20 CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3 150.7

Decane C10H22 CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3 174.1

Straight – Chain Alkanes

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Naming AlkanesEvery alkane has a name that ends with the suffix –ane.

For the straight-chain alkanes with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, the official names and the common names are the same. (Methane, ethane, propane, and butane)

A mixture of Latin and Greek prefixes are used to name the hydrocarbons having straight chains longer than four carbon atoms.

The prefixes are pent- 5, hex- 6, hept- 7 oct- 8, etc.

A complete structural formula shows all the atoms and bonds in a molecule. Sometimes, shorthand structural formulas work just as well.

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Condensed Structural FormulasIn a condensed structural formula, some bonds and/or

atoms are left out of the structural formula. (even though the bonds and atoms do not appear, you must understand that they are there)

C4H10

CH3 – CH2 – CH2 – CH3

CH3(CH2)2CH3

C – C – C - C

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Branched – Chain AlkanesBecause a carbon atoms form four covalent bonds, it can

bond not only to one or two other carbon atoms, but also to three or even four other carbons, resulting in branched chains.

Branches on a hydrocarbon chain are discussed as if they were substituted for a hydrogen atom on the chain.

An atom or group of atoms that can take the place of a hydrogen atom on a parent hydrocarbon molecule is called a substituent.

The longest continuous carbon chain of a branched-chain hydrocarbon is called the parent alkane.

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Branched – Chain Alkanes

C|

C – C – C

C C C | | | C – C – C – C – C – C Parent alkane (hexane)

Parent alkane (propane)

Substituent

Substituents

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Alkyl GroupsA hydrocarbon substituent is called an alkyl group.

An alkyl group can be one carbon or several carbons long.

Alkyl groups are name by removing the –ane ending from the parent hydrocarbon name and adding –yl.

The three smallest alkyl groups are

• methyl group (CH3 –)

• ethyl group (CH3CH2 –)

• propyl group (CH3CH2CH2 –)

An alkyl group consists of an alkane with one hydrogen removed.

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Naming Branched – Chain Alkanes

When a substituent alkyl group is attached to a straight-chain hydrocarbon, branches are formed.

An alkane with one or more alkyl groups is called a branched – chain alkane.

The name of a branched-chain alkane is based on the name of the longest continuous carbon chain.

Each alkyl substituent is named according to the length of its chain and numbered according to its position on the main parent chain.

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Naming Branched – Chain Alkanes

7 6 5 4 3 2 1

CH3 – CH2 – CH2 – CH – CH – CH – CH3

| | | CH2 CH3 CH3 | CH3

4-ethyl-2,3-dimethylheptane

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Naming Branched – Chain Alkanes1. Find the longest chain of carbon atoms (parent)

2. Number the carbons in the main chain in sequence. (Start at the end that will give the groups attached to the chain the smallest numbers.)

3. Add numbers to the names of the substituent groups to identify their positions on the chain. (these numbers become prefixes to the name of the alkyl group)

4. Use prefixed to indicate the appearance of the same group more than once in the formula. (di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-)

5. List the names of alkyl substituents in alphabetical order. (ignore the prefixes di-, tri-, etc.)

6. Use proper punctuation. Commas are used to separate numbers. Hyphens are used to separate numbers and words. Entire name written without any spaces. 18

Practice in Naming hydrocarbons

Textbook:

# 3 to 6

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Properties of AlkanesThe electron pair in a carbon-hydrogen or a carbon-

carbon bond is shared almost equally by the nuclei of the atoms form the bond.

Molecules of hydrocarbons, such as alkanes, are nonpolar molecules.

The attractions between nonpolar molecules are weak van der Waals forces, so alkanes of low molar mass tend to be gases or liquids that boil at a low temperature.

The nonpolar hydrocarbon compounds will not form solutions with polar compounds.

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End of Section 22.121

Section 22.2

Unsaturated Hydrocarbons

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AlkenesOrganic compounds that contain the maximum number of

hydrogen atoms per carbon atom are called saturated compounds. (alkanes)

Compounds that contain double or triple carbon-carbon bonds are called unsaturated compounds.

Alkenes are hydrocarbons that contain one or more carbon-carbon double covalent bonds.

At least one carbon – carbon bond in an alkene is a double covalent bond. Other bonds may be single carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds.

Alkenes have the general formula CnH2n (C2H4)23

Naming AlkenesEthene (common name ethylene) is the simplest alkene.

To name an alkene by the IUPAC system:

1. Find the longest chain in the molecule that contains the double bond. (this will be the parent chain). It has the root name of the alkane with the same number of carbons plus the ending -ene.

2. The chain is numbered so that the carbon atoms of the double bond have the lowest possible numbers.

3. Substituents on the chain are name and numbered in the same way they are for the alkanes.

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Alkenes

Propene

Ethene(ethylene)

1- butene

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Alkynes

Hydrocarbons that contain one or more carbon-carbon triple covalent bonds are called alkynes.

Alkynes have the general formula CnH2n-2 (C2H2)

The simplest alkyne is the gas ethyne, which has the common name acetylene.

Straight chain and branched chain alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes are aliphatic hydrocarbons.

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Section 22.4

Hydrocarbon Rings

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End of Section 22.2

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Hydrocarbon Rings

In some hydrocarbon compounds, the carbon chain is in the form of a ring. These are called cyclic hydrocarbons.

Cyclopropane Cyclopentane Cyclohexane

Aromatic HydrocarbonsThere is a class of organic compounds that are responsible for the aroma of spices such as vanilla, cinnamon, cloves and ginger.

These compounds were originally called aromatic compounds because they have distinct pleasant odors. However, not all compounds currently classified as aromatic have an odor.

Molecules of aromatic compounds contain a single ring or a group of rings. Benzene (C6H6) is the simplest example of an aromatic compound.

Aromatic compound is an organic compound that contains a benzene ring or other ring in which the bonding is like that of benzene.

Aromatic HydrocarbonsAnother name for an aromatic compound is an arene.

Because of the structure of benzene, the properties of aromatic compounds are quite different from those of aliphatic compounds.

Benzene is a six-membered carbon ring with a hydrogen atom attached to each carbon.

One electron from each carbon is free to participate in a double bond.

Benzene Structure

In a benzene molecule, the bonding electrons between carbon atoms are shared evenly around the ring.

Recall that when two or more equally valid structures can be drawn for a molecule, resonance occurs.

Benzene and other molecules that exhibit resonance are more stable than similar molecules that do not exhibit resonance.

Thus, benzene is not as reactive as six-carbon alkenes.

Substituted Aromatic CompoundsCompounds containing substituents attached to a benzene

ring are named as derivatives of benzene.

When the benzene ring is a substituent on an alkane, the C6H5 group is called a phenyl group.

methylbenzene ethylbenzene 3-phenylhexane

Disubstituted BenzenesSome derivatives of benzene have two substituents. These

derivatives are called disubstituted benzenes.

There are three structural isomers for the liquid aromatic compound dimethylbenzene.

Common names for disubstituted benzenes use the terms ortho, meta, and para in place of numbers.

End of Section 22.4