Activity13.

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Isomerism,naminganddrawingstructures
Apparatus(foreachgroupofstudents)

ballandstickcomponentsasfollows:
5carbonatoms(preferablyblack)
12hydrogenatoms(preferablywhite)
12shortsinglebondsforCHbonds
5mediumbondsforCCbonds
2longerbondsforformingoneC=Cbond
threeoverheadtransparencysheetsplusappropriatepen
accesstoanoverheadprojector
Procedure

Youaregiventhreeassignments.Foreachone,allowapproximately10minutes.
1 a ConstructmodelsrepresentingallthealkaneswiththeformulaC5H12.
b Write/drawthestructuralandskeletalformulaeforeachcompound.
Recordyourresultsonanoverheadtransparencysheet.

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2 a ConstructmodelsrepresentingallthealkeneswiththeformulaC5H10.
b Write/drawthestructuralandskeletalformulaeforeachcompound.
Recordyourresultsonanoverheadtransparencysheet.

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3 a ConstructmodelsrepresentingallthecompoundswiththeformulaC5H10 thathave
acycliccomponent.
b Drawtheskeletalformulaforeachcompound.
Recordyourresultsonanoverheadtransparencysheet.

CambridgeInternationalASandALevelChemistry

OriginalmaterialCambridgeUniversityPress2011

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