Hydorcarbons
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Hydrocarbons: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes Dr. Geetu Gambhir E-340, Greater Kailash II New Delhi -110048 (31.07.2006) CONTENTS Introduction Alkanes Nomenclature of branched and unbranched Alkanes Condensed Structures Isomerism Classification of Carbon Substitution Sources Preparation Properties Reactions Cycloalkanes Classification Methods of preparation Properties Baeyer?s strain theory Ring strain in Cycloalkanes Reactions 1 Introduction With the key element carbon, organic compounds contain large chemical diversity. They contain wide variety of elements and varisity in the structures. This is due to the unique property of