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Chapter 20: Q30 E (page 1142)

Why do the compounds hexane, hexanol, and hexene have such similar names?

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The parent carbon chain of the given compounds has the same number of carbon atoms which is six. Hence, the name hexcomes from their name.

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01

The root word “hex”

Hexa means six, so there are 6 carbon atoms in the longest carbon chain of these compounds.

The only thing different are suffixes -ane; -ene; -ol.

Each of those suffixes represents a different functional group:

- ane represents alkane

- ene represents alkene

- ol represents alcohol.

02

The structures of the given compounds

The structures of the given compounds are shown below:

So, all these compounds have the same number of carbon atoms in their chain.

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