1. Organic Chemistry - Introduction
Organic chemistry is the study of carbon compounds. It’s the most versatile element on the table!
Animals, plants, and other forms of life consist of organic compounds.
Nucleic acids, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, enzymes, vitamins, and hormones are all organic compounds.
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2. Hydrocarbons are the most simple organic compounds.
Hydrocarbons contain only carbon (C) and hydrogen. (H)
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3. Alkanes are hydrocarbons that contain only single bonds.
Alkanes are said to be saturated hydrocarbons
The have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible.
Alkane general formula  CnH(2n + 2)
The names of alkanes all end in “-ane.”
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4. A New Naming System!!!
The prefix for an alkane is important. It tells us how many carbons are part of the molecule. 1 Carbon = “Meth” 6 Carbons = “Hex” 2 Carbons = “Eth” 7 Carbons = “Hept” 3 Carbons = “Prop” 8 Carbons = “Oct” 4 Carbons = “But” 9 Carbons = “Non” 5 Carbons = “Pent” 10 Carbons = “Dec”
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5. Mnemonic for First Four Prefixes
Monkeys
Eat
Peeled
Bananas
First four prefixes
Meth-
Eth-
Prop-
But-

6. Alkanes – What are they good for?
Methane = primary component of natural gas
Propane & Butane = primary component of bottled gas
Gasoline = pentane to decane
Kerosene = alkanes with n = 10 to 16
Alkanes with n > 16  diesel fuel, fuel oil, petroleum jelly, paraffin wax, lubricating oil, and asphalt
Alkanes are found in paints, plastics, drugs, detergents, insecticides, and cosmetics.
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8. Complete Structural Formulas
Show the bonds between each of the atoms
H H
 
H  C  H H C H
CH4 , methane
In methane, CH4 the four valence electrons of carbon are shared with the single electrons of four hydrogen (H) atoms. Each pair of electrons is a single bond, which can be drawn as a line. When a structure is drawn to show each bond, it is called a complete structural formula.
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9. H H Condensed Structural Formulas H C C H CH3 CH3 H H Ethane H H H
H C C C H CH3 CH2 CH3
H H H Propane
The complete structural formula for ethane shows the single bonds between two carbon atoms and six H atoms. The complete structural formula of propane shows the 3-carbon chain with single bonds to the attached H atoms. To write a condensed structural formula, the H atoms are written as a group next to their respective C atoms.

10. Practice – Naming! A. What is the condensed formula for H H H H
H C C C C H
B. What is its molecular formula?
C. What is its name?
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11. Additional Notes
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12. Isomers
Molecules that have the same molecular formula but different structural formulas
In the case of many alkanes there is more than one way to arrange the atoms.
I know it can seem a bit overwhelming, but no worries. There is a system of naming that allows us to determine how to name all Organic Compounds.
IUPAC – International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
A standardized way to write chemical compounds.
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13. For example butane and 2-methylpropane.
Both of these alkanes have the molecular formula of C4H10 but their structural formula and arrangement is quite different.
C4H10
C4H10
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14. What is different and unique about this molecule?
It’s called a branched Alkane! How many total carbons make it up?
But it’s not simply hexane. The Carbons are not all in a straight line. This is an example of a “methyl” group. A 1 carbon “side chain” off of a 5 carbon “backbone”
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15. Alkyl Groups
Alkyl group contains one less hydrogen than the corresponding alkane.
Think of it as adding a CH3 group to a carbon.
In naming this group the “-ane” is dropped and “-yl” is added.
For example, methane becomes methyl.
Ethane becomes ethyl.
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16. Alkyl Group These groups do not exist independently but occurs bonded to another atom or molecule.
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17. An Example to Consider 2-methylpentane
Start by finding the longest continuous chain of Carbon atoms. This is going to be a __________.
Is there anything interesting attached? Number the carbons so that it has the lowest number possible.
What is the interesting thing? And what number carbon is it on?
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18. Another Example to Consider
First draw and then name the following molecule:
CH3CH2CH(CH2CH3)CH2CH3
3-ethylpentane
What’s the longest carbon chain?
What’s the interesting thing?
What’s the lowest possible number it can be on?
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