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Concatenation and Types Carbons
Concatenation and Types Carbons
• C6 = 1s22s22p2
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Concatenation
• The bonding of atoms of the same element
into a series, called a chain.
Types of carbons
Determine the number of primary, secondary, tertiary
and quaternary carbons in the following compounds
Primary C. = 6 Primary C. = 7
Secondary C. = 1 Secondary C. = 3
Tertiary C. = 2 Tertiary C. = 3
Quaternary C. = 1 Quaternary C. = 1
Write the number of primary, secondary, tertiary and
quaternary carbons in every structure.
Primary Primary
Secondary Secondary
Tertiary Tertiary
Quaternary Quaternary
Primary Primary
Secondary Secondary
Tertiary Tertiary
Quaternary Quaternary
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
CH2-CH3
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary