Organic Chemistry

this is what you have to remember.ending will change when it is not an alkane

well this thing called organic chem iono wat it is but i believe that this piece of organic is all about carbon compounds.  These compounds all have low melting points, non electrolytes and THEY CAN FORM SUPER COOL LOOKING CHAINS!!! Like omg i have NEVER seen anything so pro before. Its like art.  They can form something called a straight line, circular pattern or branched pattern.  The carbons are also supposedly pro since they can form single, double, and triple bonds.  Also characterized by one line, 2 lines or 3 lines. cool.  o yea also know that a hydrocarbon is a compound that contains both hydrogen and carbon this is someting YOU MUST REMEMBER. ok now onto other stuff you must remember. Also know that a saturated hydrocarbon means it is not possible for another atom to combine to the current chain. Unsaturated is the opposite.

here is the list of alkanes and their molecular formula.  The root of the words will be the same but the ending will change according to what you are naming so yes this is important


an alkyl also known as R is an alkane which lost 1 hydrogen.  you can find out what is an alkyl group because it is usually the left over parts of the structure. after you find a chain of the carbons, the structure left is the alkyl group.