What is Organic Chemistry?
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon and its compounds.
The Importance of Organic Chemistry
Living beings are made up of organic molecules, proteins, nucleic acids, sugars, and fats. All of them are compounds whose main base is carbon. Organic products are present in all aspects of our life: the clothes we wear, soaps, shampoos, deodorants, medicines, perfumes, kitchen utensils, food, etc.
Alkane Nomenclature: These are compounds made of carbon and hydrogen formed by single carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds. Alkanes have the molecular formula CnH2n+2, where n represents the number of carbon atoms.
What are alkanes?
Alkanes are compounds formed exclusively by carbon and hydrogen (hydrocarbons) that contain only single carbon-carbon bonds.
Types of alkanes
Alkanes are classified as linear, branched, cyclic, and polycyclic.