
Chemistry In Context
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Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
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Chapter 2, Problem 6Q
Hydrocarbons are important fuels that we burn primarily for energy.
- a. What is a hydrocarbon?
- b. Rank the following hydrocarbons by the number of carbons they contain from smallest to largest: pentane, ethane, octane, hexane, propane.
- c. We suggested “mother eats peanut butter” as a memory aid for the names of the first four hydrocarbons by number of carbon atoms. Propose a new one that includes pent-, the prefix that indicates five carbon atoms.
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