Organic chemistry – HYDROCARBONS (WS) – grade 8

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Points: /22
1. Draw the structures of the following molecules: /3
a. alkenes that contain 4 carbon atoms (three possible)

b. alkynes that contain 4 carbon atoms (2 possible, neither of them are cycloalkynes)
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2. Draw the structural formula, the condensed structural formula, and the line
diagram (skeletal formula) for 2-heptene.
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3. Draw the condensed structural formula for the following molecular formulas: /3

C7H16

C7H14

C4H8
4. Write the name of each of the hydrocarbon molecules shown below: /6

5. For each of the following names draw the structural formula. /5

a. methane

b. ethene

c. cyclopentane

d. 2-butyne

e. acetylene