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Chapter 4: Q.3. (page 128)

Question: Draw the five constitutional isomers having molecular formula C6H14.

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Constitutional isomers

Constitutional isomers differ when the atoms in a molecule change their bonding to each other.Therefore, the molecular formula remains the same.

02

Hexane

Hexane has six carbon and fourteen hydrogen atoms. Therefore, the carbon atoms change their bonding and form different structures.

03

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There are six constitutional structures of the given C6H14molecule. One structure has a long chain of six carbons.

Two structures have methyl substitution at different positions.

Two structures have two methyl group substitutions at different positions.

Constitutional isomers of C6H14

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Question: Review classifying carbons and hydrogens in Section 3.2, and draw the structure of an alkane with molecular formula C7H16 that contains

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Question: Draw a chair conformation of cyclohexane with one CH3CH2 group and one role="math" localid="1648542173942" CH3 group that fits each description.

  1. a 1,1-disubstituted cyclohexane with an axial role="math" localid="1648542231267" CH3CH2 group
  2. a cis-1,2-disubstituted cyclohexane with an axial role="math" localid="1648542270917" CH3 group
  3. a trans-1,3-disubstituted cyclohexane with an equatorial CH3 group
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