Naming Alkanes Worksheet
A Grade 12 Chemistry worksheet on naming alkanes using IUPAC nomenclature, including structural formulas and isomers.
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Naming Alkanes Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and provide your answers using IUPAC nomenclature where appropriate. Show all your work for structural formulas.
1. What is the parent chain name for an alkane with six carbon atoms?
Pentane
Heptane
Hexane
Octane
2. Alkanes are hydrocarbons that contain only bonds.
3. The general formula for an open-chain alkane is .
4. Provide the IUPAC name for the following condensed structural formula: CH3CH(CH3)CH2CH3
5. Draw the condensed structural formula for 2,2,4-trimethylpentane.
6. Isomers are compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulas.
True
False
7. Draw the structural formulas for two constitutional isomers of pentane.
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