Alkanes

Chemistry · Chapter 21 · Organic Chemistry (Units 8-9: Basic Principles and Techniques, Hydrocarbons)

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Classification of hydrocarbons; alkanes: nomenclature, isomerism and occurrence
Conformations of methane and ethane: Sawhorse and Newman projections
Preparation: decarboxylation and Kolbe's electrolysis of carboxylate salts; Wurtz reaction; Corey-House synthesis; from aldehydes and Grignard reagents
Physical properties of alkanes and their trends
Chemical properties: combustion, free-radical halogenation (mechanism), catalytic oxidation, cyclisation, aromatisation, isomerisation, pyrolysis; uses