Exercise

Trainee Name:__________________________________________________________
Batch #:___________________
Date: _____________________
Trainer: Asma Ahmed Al-Yamani
Exercise 1.

1. Without consulting tables, arrange the following

alkenes in order of increasing boiling point:
2. Without referring to a table or other reference, predict
which member of each pair has the higher boiling point.
1. pentane or butane

2. heptane or nonane
3. Briefly identify the important distinctions between a
saturated hydrocarbon and an unsaturated hydrocarbon.
4. Briefly identify the important distinctions between an
alkene and an alkane.
5. Classify each compound as saturated or unsaturated.
Identify each as an alkane, an alkene, or an alkyne.
Exercise 2.
1. Draw a line-angle formula for the compound
CH3CH2CH(CH3)CH2CH2CH3.
2. Give the structural formula for the compound represented by this
line-angle formula:
Exercise 3.

Use the general formula for alkanes to write the

molecular formula of the alkane with 12 carbon atoms.
Exercise 4.

1. Use the general formula for alkynes to write the

molecular formula of the alkyne with 6 carbon
atoms.
2. What is the physical properties of alkynes.
3. Name the below structure.