Organic Chemistry 201

Chapter 3  The Nature of Organic Compounds: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes

The following are items that you need to know for Exam I:

General Structures of the Functional Groups including the lone pair electrons

Alkanes: methane, ethane, propane, butane

Isomers

Alkyl Groups

IUPAC Nomenclature of Alkanes

Types of Carbon Atoms: primary, secondary, tertiary

Nomenclature of Cycloalkanes