Chem ch. 10

Compounds made of carbon that typically have covalent bonds, nonpolar molecules, low melting and boiling points, are insoluble in water and flammable

organic compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen

A type of structural formula that shows the arrangement of the atoms by drawing each bond in the hydrocarbon as C-H or C-C

Hydrocarbons that contain carbon-carbon double bonds (C=C)

system for naming organic compound devised by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chem.

Alkane that is a ring or cyclic structure

Carbon group or halogen bonded to the main carbon chain

groups of atoms such as an alyl group or a halogen bonded to the main chain or ring of carbon

hydrocarbon containing a substituent bonded to the main chain

Organic compound in which identical molecular formulas have different arrangement of atom

• An alkane minus one hydeogen atom
• (yl ending replaces ane)