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NOMENCLATURE OF ALKANES
Prepared by:
Princess T. Navarro
Charmaine E. Palad
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Main Task 1
Guide Card 2
Naming of Alkanes 5
Activity Card No. 1 - Can you C me? 9

Activity Card No. 2 - Finding n 10

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Activity Card No 3 - What is thy name?
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Activity Card No. 4 - Tell me your name 13
Activity Card No. 5 - Draw me in 14
Assessment Card No. 1 - Which is Which? 15
Assessment Card No. 2 - Create my Backbone 16

Assessment Card No. 3 - Name my Branches 17

Answer Card 18

Reference Card 19
cCurriculum Vitae 20
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 TASK ANALYSIS
Least Mastered Skill:
ALKANES
Main Task:
Main
Demonstrate understanding Task:and illustrating Alkanes.
in naming
Demonstrate understanding in naming and illustrating Alkanes.

Subtasks:
Subtasks:
1. Name alkane based on its structural formula.
1. Name
2. Write alkaneformula
the chemical based onofits structural formula.
alkane.
2. the
3. Draw Write the chemical
structure formula
of alkane basedofonalkane.
its molecular formula.
3. Draw the structure of alkane based on its molecular formula.

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GUIDE CARD

This is Primo Mendoza, a

grade 10 student in Alejo
Santos National High
School. He is aspiring to
be a Junior Scientist.
However, he is struggling
in naming alkanes.

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 GUIDE CARD

Ma’am, I am
struggling in
Hello Primo! How
my Science and
are you? Do you
yet I want to
have any
be a Scientist.
problem?

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 GUIDE CARD

Don’t worry Primo. Thank you

I will help you in Ma’am. I hope
naming and that I will
illustrating really
alkanes based on understand
its structural alkanes.
formula.

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 GUIDE CARD

Alkanes are the simplest

Let’s Begin! organic molecules, consisting
of only carbon and hydrogen
1. What is Alkane? and with only single
bondsbetween carbon atoms.

2. What is the general

formula of Alkane? CnH2n+2

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 GUIDE CARD

These are the alkanes with different number of Carbons.

3. What are the other

examples of alkane?

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 RULES IN
NAMING ALKANE

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 Yes Ma’am.I know
now how to name
Do you now alkanes based on
understood the the given
concept about structural
naming alkanes? formula.

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 ACTIVITY CARD NO. 1

Can you C me?

Directions: Give the number of Carbons present in the following Alkanes.

1. Propane

2. Heptane

3. Butane

4. Nonane

5. Decane

6. Ethane

7. Methane

8. Pentane

9. Octane

10. Hexane 9
 ACTIVITY CARD NO. 2

“Finding n”
Directions: Use the general formula to find the molecular
formula of the alkanes given in Activity Card No.1
ALKANES MOLECULAR FORMULA
1. Propane ________________________
2. Heptane ________________________
3. Butane ________________________
4. Nonane ________________________
5. Decane ________________________
6. Ethane ________________________
7. Methane ________________________
8. Pentane ________________________
9. Octane ________________________
10. Hexane ________________________
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 ACTIVITY CARD NO. 3
What is thy name?
Directions: Write the name of the following alkanes.

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 ACTIVITY CARD NO. 4
Tell me your NAME!
Directions: Name the following alkanes given its structural formula

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 ACTIVITY CARD NO. 5

Directions: Draw the structural formula of the following alkanes.

D
1) hexane R
A
W
2) 3-ethyl, 2,4-methylhexane

M
3) 3-ethyl- 5-methyloctane
E

I
4) 3-ethyl-4-methylheptane
N
!
5) 2-3-dimethylbutane

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 ASSESSMENT CARD NO. 1
Which is Which?
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. __________ are the simplest organic molecules, consisting of only carbon and hydrogen and with only
single bonds between carbon atoms.
a. Alkenes c. Alkynes
b. Alkanes d. Alcohols
2. What is the general formula of alkanes?
a. CnH2 c. CnH2n+2
b. CnH2n d. CnH2n-2
3. These are compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formula.
a. isomers c. alkanes
b. isomerism d. organic compounds

4. Alkanes are _____________________.

a. Saturated Hydrcarbons c. Both saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons
b. Unsaturated Hydrocarbons d. None of these H H
5. What alkane is in the picture on the right?
a. Methane b. Ethane c. Propane d. Decane H C C H
H H 14
 ASSESSMENT CARD NO. 2
Create my Backbone!

Directions: Draw the structural formula of the following alkanes .

1. ) 2-methylbutane

2.) 3-ethylhexane

3.) 3-ethyl-2-methylhexane

4.) 2,2-dimethylbutane

5.) 3-ethyl 2,4dimethylhexane

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 ASSESSMENT CARD NO. 3
Directions: Write the molecular formula of the following compounds..
N
A
M
E

M
Y

B
R
A
N
C
H
E
S
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 ANSWER CARD
ACTIVITY CARD NO. 1 ACTIVITY CARD NO. 3
1. 3 ACTIVITY CARD NO. 2 ACTIVITY CARD NO. 4
2. 7
1. 3 1. Butane 1. ) 2,3 dimethylbutane
3. 4
2. 7
4. 9 2. Ethane
3. 4 2.) 2,2-dimethylpropane
5. 10 4. 9 3. Heptane
3. )ethane
6. 2 5. 10 4. Methane
6. 2 5. Propane 4. )2,3-dimethylpentane
7. 1
7. 1 5. ) 2,2-dimethylpentane
8. 5
8. 5
9. 8 9. 8
10. 6 10. 6

ACTIVITY CARD NO. 5

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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 ANSWER CARD
ASSESSMENT NO. 2
2. 3.
ASSESSMENT NO. 1 ASSESSMENT NO. 2 ASSESSMENT NO. 3
1.
1. B
2-methylbutane 1. Pentane

2. C
2. 2-methylpentane
ASSESSMENT NO. 1
3. A 1.
1. B 3. 2-ethylhexane
4. A
2. C
4. 2,4-methylheptane
5. B
3. A
2. 5. 2,2-methylbutane
4. A

5. B
\

3.
4. 5.

4.

5.

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 REFERENCE CARD

Chang, R. and Goldsby, K. (2014). Chemistry. 11th ed.

New York: McGraw-Hill Education.

https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Organic_Chemistry/Map%3A_Organic_Chemistry_(Smith)/Chapter_04%3A

_Alkanes/4.04_Naming_Alkanes

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