ALKANES

PREPARED BY:
MOHD FAISOL BIN MANSOR
QUESTION 1
Photochemical smog is a type of air pollution which is formed from the
reaction of gases from internal combustion of engines of vehicles, in the
atmosphere in the presence of sunlight.

a) Name the gases formed from the internal combustion of engines of

vehicles which contribute to the formation of photochemical smog.

b) A measure taken to reduce these pollutant gases is to install catalytic

converter in vehicles.
i) Name the catalyst used.
ii) State the type of catalysis which takes place in the catalytic converter.
iii) Write two equations of reactions involves in the catalytic converter.

c) Suggest two other ways to decrease air pollution from the internal
combustion of engines of vehicles.
QUESTION 2
a) Cycloalkanes and alkenes have the same general formulae. The structural formul
a of a cycloalkane is shown below.

i) State the types of isomerism shown by the cycloalkane above.

ii) Write the structural formula of an alkene, C7H14, that exhibits the isomerism
in (i) and draw all of its isomers.
iii) Suggest a chemical test to distinguish cycloalkane from the alkene in (ii).
State the observation and write the reaction equation involved.