Hydrocarbons - compounds consisting of Hyrogen and carbon only only bonded together Covalently
Staured compound- Compound which contains only single bonds between atoms
Unsatured compound- Compounds which contain one or more double or triple bound between carbon atoms
Functional Group- A group of atoms on which charateristic properties of a particula compound.
Homologous Series- Series of compounds , all members of which contain the same functional group
Cracking
Alkanes
Annotations:
Methane-Ch4
Ethane-C2H6
Propane-C3H8
Butane-C4H10
Pentane-C5H12
All have a single bound and are satureted
SUBTITUTION replacing a hydrogen with chlorine
Halo alkane
Addition
Annotations:
When you add elements to an alkene you break open the double bond. This will then bring you back to an alkane