ISOMERS OF HEXANE LAB

Problem: How many different molecules can you create from a molecule of hexane?
Background: Define Isomers? Functional Groups?
Procedure: SHOW ME each completed model and structural formula as you do it.

Assemble the molecular model, Draw the model, and properly name the following
organic compounds. Use your reference tables as necessary.
Note: 2 springs = one double bond. 3 springs = one triple bond. Don’t bend the
wooden pegs.

1. Four isomers of hexane:

a) n-hexane
b) 2 methyl pentane
c) 2,2 dimethyl butane
d) cyclohexane.
2. Hexene.
3. Hexyne.
4. Substitute a F for one of the H’s on the #1 C of n-hexane.
5. Hexanol
6. Hexanal
7. Hexanone with the functional group on the 3rd carbon
8. Hexanoic acid
9. Hexanamine
10. Methyl pentyl ether
11. Methyl pentanoate

12. Create the following compound, then name the general category of
this compound based on its two functional groups.
O
II I I I I I
H–O– C–C–C–C–C–C–N–H
I I I I I H
Data Table

Name Molecular formula Structural formula soluble in water?

1a n-hexane

1b 2 methyl Pentane

1c 2,2 dimethyl Butae

1d cyclohexane

2 3 hexene

3 3 hexyne

1 Flourohexane
4

5 hexonal

6 hexanal

7
3, hexanone

8 hexanoic

9 hexanamine

10 methyl pentyl
11 methyl petanoate

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Observations?

Conclusions (in complete sentences)

1. What is an “isomer”?

2. Why don’t methane, ethane, or propane have any isomers?

3. Why can’t cyclohexane be considered a true isomer of normal hexane?

4. What is the structural difference between hexane and hexene?

5. …between hexene and hexyne?

6. Why is hexane insoluble in water, but hexanoic acid is soluble?

7. Why are each of these compounds considered “organic”?

8. Why do most organic compounds react much more slowly than ionic
compounds?