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 effect of branching on the melting point of alkanes.
Describe the physical state of the first four alkanes at room temperature.
Explain why alkanes are called paraffins.
Explain why alkanes are considered non-polar molecules.
Explain why alkanes are less dense than water.
Explain why alkanes are used as fuels.
Explain why the Wurtz reaction is not suitable for preparing methane.
Name the alkane that is commonly known as natural gas.
Name the process by which alkanes are obtained from carboxylic acids using soda lime.
Name the process by which higher alkanes are broken down into lower alkanes and alkenes in the petroleum industry.
What is the major product when propane is chlorinated in the presence of sunlight?
Write the balanced chemical equation for the preparation of methane by heating sodium acetate with soda lime.
Write the equation for the complete combustion of ethane.
Write the equation for the preparation of ethane by Kolbe’s electrolysis of sodium acetate.
Write the general formula for alkanes.
Write the IUPAC name for the alkane with the molecular formula C5H12.
