June 2, 2004 Do Now “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. " -- Winston Churchill -------------------------
June 2, 2004 Organic Compounds Def: Covalently bonded compounds containing carbon, excluding carbonates and oxides Hydrocarbons: Simplest organic compounds composed of only hydrogen and carbon
June 2, 2004 Alkanes Def: Hydrocarbons that contain only single bonds Methane – CH 4 Ethane – C 2 H 6 Propane – C 3 H 8 Butane – C 4 H 10
June 2, 2004 Alkenes Def: Hydrocarbons that contain double covalent bonds Ethene – C 2 H 4 Propene – C 3 H 6 Butene – C 4 H 8
June 2, 2004 Alkynes Def: Hydrocarbons that contain triple covalent bonds Ethyne – C 2 H 2
June 2, 2004 Alcohol Def: organic compounds that contain one or more hydroxyl group Methanol – CH 3 OH Ethanol – C 2 H 5 OH 1 -Propanol – C 3 H 7 OH
June 2, 2004 Alkadiene Def: Straight or branched-chain hydrocarbon with two double covalent bonds between carbon atoms in each molecule Butadiene – C 4 H 6
June 2, 2004 Aromatic Hydrocarbons Def: Hydrocarbons with resonance structures consisting of alternating single and double bonds Benzene – C 6 H 6