Alkanes
- Created by: Becki
- Created on: 10-02-13 16:04
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- Alkanes
- End with -ane
- Boiling Points
- Increase
- With chain length
- More points of contact, so more van der Waals'
- Decrease
- With branching
- Fewer points of contact, so fewer van der Waals'
- Molecules cannot get close together, so less intermolecularforces
- Increase
- Names
- 1 carbon = methane
- Main component of natural gas, for domestic heating and cooking
- CH4 + 2O2 --> CO2 + 2H2O
- Main component of natural gas, for domestic heating and cooking
- 2 carbons = ethane
- 3 carbons = propane
- 4 carbons = butane
- 1 carbon = methane
- General Formula CnH2n+2
- Tetrahedral Shape, bond angle of 109.5
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