Hydrocarbons

Which of these is not a use of alkenes?

• Fuel

• Chemical Precursor

• Food & Drink

• Making Plastics

Reorder the following in order of number of carbons from lowest to highest.

• Pentane

• Ethane

• Butane

• Propane

• Methane

What is meant by the term homologous series?

What is the first member of the alkene family?

• Methene

• Ethene

• Propene

• Butene

Draw the full structure of butane.

What is the name of this compound?

• 1,1-dimethylpropane

• 2-ethylpropane

• 2-methylbutane

• 3-methylbutane

What is meant by an UNSATURATED hydrocarbon?

Name this molecule.

Members of a homologous series called the cycloalkenes are shown. Which statement is INCORRECT.

• The cycloalkenes are saturated

• The cycloalkenes have the general formula CnH2n-2

• The cycloalkenes are hydrocarbons

• The cycloalkenes are unsaturated

Identify the region on this molecule which makes it unsaturated.