Lab 25 Model Building Lab
Lab 25
Model Building Lab
Draw the structural formula for propane
Hydrocarbon Prefixes:IUPAC: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Hydrocarbon prefixes
meth Ceth C-Cprop C-C-Cbut C-C-C-CPent C-C-C-C-Chex C-C-C-C-C-Chept C-C-C-C-C-C-Coct C-C-C-C-C-C-C-Cnon C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-Cdec C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C
Propane
C C C
H H H
H
HHH
H
Prop- = 3
Now build the molecule with the molecular modeling set.
C
HH
H
Ethene
CH
Eth- = 2
C
HH
H
Ethene
CH
C
HH
H
Ethene
C
H
CHH
H
Ethene (Matches the model set)
CH
IsomersIsomer: Same molecular formula.
C
C
CC
Butane (carbon skeleton)
2-methylpropane
CCCC
Different structural formula.
Shorten chain by 1 carbon and add a branch.
IUPAC name:
IsomersIsomer: Same molecular formula.
CC
C
CC
2,2-dimethylpropane
Pentane (carbon skeleton)
2-methylbutane
CCCCC
C
CCC
C
Different structural formula.
Shorten chain by 1 carbon and add a branch.
Isomers of Octane
CCCCC
Octane
C C C
CCCCC
2-methyl heptane
C C
C
CCCCC C C
Cheptane3-methyl
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Methyl group
Isomers of Octane
CCCCC C C
C
heptane4-methyl1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Methyl group
Isomers of Octane
CCCCC C
C
C
hexane2,2-dimethyl
1 2 3 4 5 6
methyl
methyl
CCCCC C
C
C1 2 3 4 5 6
methyl
methylhexane3,4-dimethyl
Isomers of Octane
CCCCC C
C
C1 2 3 4 5 6
methyl
methylhexane2,4-dimethyl
CCCCC C
C
C1 2 3 4 5 6
methyl
methylhexane2,5-dimethyl
Isomers of Octane
CCCCC C
C
C1 2 3 4 5 6
methyl
methylhexane3,3-dimethyl
CCCCC C
C
C1 2 3 4 5 6
methyl
methylhexane3,4-dimethyl
Isomers of Octane
CCCCC C
C
C
1 2 3 4 5 6
ethyl
hexane3-ethyl
Isomers of Octane
CCCCC
C C
C1 2 3 4 5
methyl
methylpentane2,2,3-trimethylmethyl
CCCCC
C C
C1 2 3 4 5
methyl
methylmethylpentane2,2,4-trimethyl
Isomers of Octane
CCCCC
C C
C1 2 3 4 5
methyl
methylpentane2,3,3-trimethylmethyl
CCCCC
C CC
1 2 3 4 5
methylmethyl
methylpentane2,3,4-trimethyl
Isomers of Octane
CCCCC
C C
C
1 2 3 4 5
ethylpentane3-ethyl
methyl
-2-methyl
CCCCC
C
C
C
1 2 3 4 5
ethylpentane3-ethyl
methyl
-3-methyl
Groups are named alphabetically
Isomers of Octane
CCCC
C C
C1 2 3 4
methyl
methyl
butane2,2,3,3-tetramethyl
methyl
methyl
C