1. Petroleum A Naming Organic Compounds I Flashcards

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

3. CH 3 | CH 2 | CH 3 – CH – CH 2 – CH 3 Name 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 – CH 3 ethyl– CH 2 – CH 3 propyl – CH 2 – CH 2 – CH 3

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

10. n - hexane

11. CH 3 | CH 3 – CH – CH 3 Name this compound.

12. 2-methylpropane

13. CH 3 | CH 3 – CH – CH 2 – CH 3 Name this compound.

14. 3-methylbutane

15. CH 3 | CH 3 – CH 2 Name this compound.

16. propane

17. CH 3 | CH 3 – C – CH 3 | CH 3 Name this compound.

18. 2,2-dimethylpropane

19. CH 3 | CH 2 – CH 2 – CH 2 – CH 2 | CH 3 Name this compound.

20. n-hexane

21. CH 3 | CH 3 – C – CH 2 – CH 3 | CH 3 Name this compound.

22. 2,2-dimethylbutane

23. CH 2 – CH 3 | CH 3 – CH 2 – CH – CH 2 – CH 2 | CH 3 Name this compound.

24. 3-ethylhexane

25. CH 3 CH 2 – CH 3 | | CH 3 – CH – CH – CH – CH 2 – CH 3 | CH 2 – CH 3 Name this compound.

26. 3,4-diethyl-2-methylhexane

27. CH 3 CH 2 – CH 3 | | CH 3 – CH 2 – C – CH 2 – CH – CH 2 – CH 3 | CH 3 Name this compound.

28. 3-ethyl-5,5-dimethylheptane