C3.3 Organic Chemistry I

1. What are the physical properties of alkanes?

2. Which of the following statement s correct about the alkenes?

3. Mention the hydrocarbon whose functional group is C-C

4. Which of the following is not among the uses of propane?

5. Mention the chemical properties of alkenes

6. What is the name of the process in which covalent bonds of halogens are broken in the presence of light and each of the atoms composing the covalent bond is left with an electron? E.g. X ÷ Y = X° + Y° 

7. Ethyne gas is prepared in the laboratory when 1, 2 – dibromoethane is run drop wise into a boiling solution of ethanolic potassium hydroxide. True or False

8. Mention the 2 ways on how covalent bonds of halogens can be broken down in the presence of light

9. Discuss the chemical reaction of alkanes

10. Discuss the uses of alkenes

11. What is the chemical lab confirmation of ethane gas during an experiment?

12. The first two members of the alkyne homologous series contain no isomers. True or false

13. A family of compounds having the same functional groups is referred to as

14. Mention the hydrocarbon whose functional group is C=C

15. Discuss how alkenes are named [Nomenclature of alkenes]

16. Which of the following statement is CORRECT about alkynes?

17. Mention the chemical properties of alkynes

18. Methane gas is prepared in the laboratory by the decarboxylation of sodium ethanoate by the use of soda lime. True or False

19. Hydrocarbons are organic compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen only in their molecules

20. Mention 3 uses of methane

21. Which of the following STATEMENT IS CORRECT about alkanes

22. What is the chemical laboratory indication of methane gas during an experiment

23. Hydrocarbon molecule which has a single carbon bond is said to be

24. What is the chemical lab confirmation of ethane gas during an experiment?

25. Mention the physical properties of alkynes

26. What are the physical properties of alkenes?

27. Which statement is CORRECT about a functional group of a hydrocarbon molecule

28. Mention 3 uses of butane

29. Hydrocarbon molecule which has double or triple or more carbon bonds are said to be

30. What is the name of the process in which covalent bonds of halogens are broken in the presence of light and one of the atoms comprising the covalent bond gets all the two electrons whereas the other gets none? E.g. X ÷ Y = X+ + Y

31. Mention the 3 homologous series

32. Mention the hydrocarbon whose functional group is C=C

33. Ethene gas is prepared in the laboratory by heating a mixture of ethanol and concentrated sulphuric acid at high temperatures. True or False

34. Organic compounds that have the same molecular formula but may have their atoms arranged differently in their molecules are known as