Exam 11: Alkanes

A student gave the name of a compound as 2-methyl-2-ethylbutane. Although this correctly represented the connectivity of the compound, it was not a valid IUPAC name. What is the correct IUPAC name for this compound?

Which of the following has the lowest boiling point?

Which of the following is(are) constitutional isomer(s) of hexane, CH₂(CH₂)₄CH₃?

Which size rings of carbon atoms are especially abundant in nature?

Which of the following explains why alkanes are called saturated hydrocarbons?

How many different substituent groups can be obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from propane?

When deriving an IUPAC name, which of the following prefixes should not be ignored during the alphabetizing of substituents?

Compounds which contain a carbon-carbon double bond are classified as which of the following?

Which of the following is a correct IUPAC name?

Which of the following statements is false?

Which of the following compounds are constitutional isomers? (i) (ii) (iii)

When organic chemists draw the structure of a cycloalkane, which of the following do they most frequently write?

Based on a knowledge of the stability of the conformers of cyclohexane, which of the following statements is true about the isomers of 1,2-dimethylcyclohexane?

Which isomer of pentane has the lowest boiling point?

Which of the following best describes the experimental conditions under which an alkane can be chlorinated or brominated?

Which of the following has the highest boiling point?

Which of the following compounds has the common name isohexane?

How many moles of molecular oxygen are consumed by the complete combustion of one mole of the following compound?

Compounds which contain only carbon-carbon single bonds are classified as which of the following?

How many different constitutional isomers are there with the molecular formula C₂H₄Br₂?