Long chain compounds of this type may be synthesized from symmetric alkyl halides using the original Wurtz reaction and, by increasing carbon number, its members have positional isomer numbers 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 18, 75, et cetera.
Long chain compounds of this type may be synthesized from symmetric alkyl halides using the original Wurtz reaction and, by increasing carbon number, its members have positional isomer numbers 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 18, 75, et cetera. Members of this series may be prepared via hydrolysis of Grignard reagents; all lack color and those with between 5 and 15 carbons are liquid at standard conditions. These will produce atomic carbon when burned in deficient oxygen, and are also known as paraffins. For 10 points, name this class of saturated hydrocarbons with general formula CnH2n+2 [cee sub enn, aych sub two enn plus two], examples of which include octane and propane.
Long chain compounds of this type may be synthesized from symmetric alkyl halides using the original Wurtz reaction and, by increasing carbon number, its members have positional isomer numbers 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 18, 75, et cetera.
{alkane}s [accept {paraffin}s until they are mentioned]