Carbon Chemistry C1d

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What is a hydrocarbon?
A compound formed between carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms only
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What is a saturated compound?
A compound containing only single covalent bonds
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What is unsaturated compound?
A compound containing at least one double covalent bond between carbon atoms
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What are alkanes?
Hydrocarbons containing only single covalent bonds
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What are alkenes?
Hydrocarbons containing at least one double covalent bond between carbon atoms
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What do double bonds involve?
They involve 2 shared pairs of electrons
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How is bromine tested for an alkene?
When orange bromine water is added to an alkene it turns colourless
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What is formed when an alkene and bromine react? What is this reaction called?
The bromine and alkene form a colourless dibromo compound by an addition reaction.
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What is addition polymerisation?
A process in which many alkene monomer molecules react together to give a polymer which requires high pressure and a catalyst
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What does addition polymerisation involve?
It involves the reaction of many unsaturated monomer molecules( (alkenes) to form a saturated polymer
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