Organic Chemistry

Chemical Formula for Alkene

Cn H2n

Chemical Formula for Alkane

Cn H2n+2

Chemical Formula for Alkyne

Cn H2n-2

C4H8

Molecular formula for butene

C4H6

Molecular formula for butyne

C10H22

Molecular formula for decane

C10H20

Molecular formula for decene

C10H18

Molecular formula for decyne

C2H4

Molecular formula for ethene

C2H2

Molecular formula for ethyne

C7H16

Molecular formula for heptane

C7H14

Molecular formula for heptene

C7H12

Molecular formula for heptyne

C6H14

Molecular formula for hexane

C6H12

Molecular formula for hexene

C6H10

Molecular formula for hexyne

C9H20

Molecular formula for nonane

C9H18

Molecular formula for nonene

C9H16

Molecular formula for nonyne

C8H18

Molecular formula for octane

C8H16

Molecular formula for octene

C8H14

Molecular formula for octyne

C5H10

Molecular formula for pentene

C5H8

Molecular formula for pentyne

C3H6

Molecular formula for propene

C3H4

Molecular formula for propyne

butane

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butene

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butyne

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decane

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decene

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decyne

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ethane

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ethene

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ethyne

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heptane

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heptene

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heptyne

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hexane

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hexene

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hexyne

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methane

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nonane

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nonyne

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octane

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octene

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octyne

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pentane

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pentene

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pentyne

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propane

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propene

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propyne

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4

The number of valence electrons Carbon has (number of bonds it could make.

triple bond

The strongest and shortest covalent bond

Organic Chemistry

The study of carbon, its structures and reactivity.

single bond

The weakest and longest covalent bond

C4H10

molecular formula for butane

C2H6

molecular formula for ethane

CH4

molecular formula for methane

C5H12

molecular formula for pentane

C3H8

molecular formula for propane

Saturated

A carbon chain that is filled up with the maximum capacity of hydrogens.

Unsaturated

A carbon chain that is not filled up with the maximum capacity of hydrogens but rather has double or triple bonds