Preparation and Properties of Alkanes
Chemistry ⇒ Carbon and Organic Chemistry
Preparation and Properties of Alkanes starts at 11 and continues till grade 12.
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Describe the Wurtz reaction for the preparation of alkanes.
Explain why alkanes are called paraffins.
Explain why alkanes do not react with acids, bases, or oxidizing agents under normal conditions.
Explain why the boiling point of alkanes increases with molecular mass.
Name the alkane obtained by the decarboxylation of sodium butanoate.
Name the process by which alkanes can be obtained by the reduction of alkyl halides.
What is the main product when ethyl magnesium bromide reacts with water?
What is the main product when methyl magnesium bromide reacts with water?
What is the main product when n-butyl bromide reacts with sodium in dry ether?
What is the main product when sodium acetate is electrolyzed in Kolbe’s electrolysis?
What is the major product when propane is chlorinated in the presence of sunlight?
What is the molecular formula of the alkane with 7 carbon atoms?
What is the product when sodium propionate is heated with soda lime?
Write the balanced chemical equation for the complete combustion of propane.
Write the equation for the preparation of ethane by Kolbe’s electrolysis using sodium acetate.
Write the equation for the preparation of methane by the reduction of methyl iodide with zinc and hydrochloric acid.
Write the general formula for alkanes.
Write the IUPAC name of C4H10.
Write the IUPAC name of the alkane with the molecular formula C5H12.
A mixture of sodium propionate and sodium acetate is electrolyzed in Kolbe’s electrolysis. Name all possible alkanes formed.
