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Organic Chemistry - IGCSE Chemistry Unit 10
(Coursebook 4th edition) Questions and
Correct Answers
What is the only type of bond Carbon can form?
✓ ~: Covalent bonds
4 examples of inorganic Carbon compounds
✓ ~: CO, CO2, CO3, HCO3
What 4 compounds are found as gases (Alkanes)?
✓ ~: Methane, Ethane, Propane, Butane
What happens to the compound's physical properties as the number of Carbons increases?
✓ ~: Melting/Boiling point increases
Alkanes are considered to be ______ reactive (very/not very)
✓ ~: 1. Longest chain possible (of carbon)
2. Smallest number possible (eg 2, 2 dimethyl butane not 3, 3 dimethyl butane (C6H14))
3. Follow alphabetical order (eg 2-bromo, 3-chloro, 3-methyl butane)
Draw a reaction between Propane and Bromine (include names of compounds)
✓ ~:
What are the 2 main reactions alkanes undergo?
✓ ~: Combustion and Halogenation
Adding hydrogen to alkanes can also be known as a (________ reaction) on top of being
called a halogenation reaction
✓ ~: Substitution reaction
Alkanes can only undergo a substitution reaction with _______
✓ ~: Halogens
Adding a halogen is called a ______ reaction
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