BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Pablo Borbon
Rizal Avenue Extension, Batangas City

College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences

BS Nursing

Laboratory Activity No 1: Organic Compounds

1.1 Physical Properties of Organic Compounds

A. INTRODUCTION
Hydrocarbons are organic compounds composed entirely of carbon and hydrogen atoms. They are
obtained primarily from natural sources such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Hydrocarbons differ
primarily in the functional group. This experiment will examine how the different functional groups in
Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, and Aromatic hydrocarbons lead to different physical and chemical
properties. 

B. MATERIALS (5 points)
Laboratory: Test tube

Chemical: Hexane

C. PROCEDURES ( 10 points)
Experiment 1

Experiment 2

D. DATA AND ANALYSIS

TABLE 1.0: Experiment 1

DATA OBSERVATION

SAMPLES OF SOLUBILITY IN SOLUBILITY IN COMPARISON

COMPOUND WATER LIGROIN

Explanation
by
word

Hexane
 TABLE 1.2: Experiment 2

DATA OBSERVATION

SAMPLES OF COMPOUND SOLUBILITY IN BROMINE WATER COMPARISON

E GUIDE QUESTIONS (8 points)

1. Which Hydrocarbons tested are soluble in water? Table based

2. From your observations, what do you conclude about the density of the hydrocarbons with
respect to water (less, more, the same)? Explain. From my observation, I therefore conclude that
the Most organic compounds, including hydrocarbons, are less dense than water.. they float
on top of water.

3. From your observations of the different hydrocarbons, what can you conclude about their
solubility with respect to each other? Explain.
Based

F. CONCLUSION (7 points)
Experiment 1: Solubility by Water

Experiment2: Solubility by Bromine