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  2. Homologous series - Wikipedia

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    The name "homologous series" is also often used for any collection of compounds that have similar structures or include the same functional group, such as the general alkanes (straight and branched), the alkenes (olefins), the carbohydrates, etc. However, if the members cannot be arranged in a linear order by a single parameter, the collection ...

  3. Homologation reaction - Wikipedia

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    A homologous series is a group of compounds that differ by a constant unit, generally a methylene (−CH 2 −) group. The reactants undergo a homologation when the number of a repeated structural unit in the molecules is increased. The most common homologation reactions increase the number of methylene (−CH 2 −) units in saturated chain ...

  4. Alkene - Wikipedia

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    Alkenes are generally colorless non-polar compounds, somewhat similar to alkanes but more reactive. The first few members of the series are gases or liquids at room temperature. The simplest alkene, ethylene (C 2 H 4) (or "ethene" in the IUPAC nomenclature) is the organic compound produced on the largest scale industrially. [5]

  5. List of straight-chain alkanes - Wikipedia

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    2 994 664 179 967 370 611: 3.486 951 955 119 47 × 10 21: C 51 H 104: n-henpentacontane: 52 8 031 081 780 535 296 591: 1.092 126 741 043 54 × 10 22: C 52 H 106: n-dopentacontane: 53 2.155 777 191 357 26 × 10 19: 3.423 721 299 907 32 × 10 22: C 53 H 108: n-tripentacontane: 54 5.791 918 087 314 84 × 10 19: 1.074 254 564 589 75 × 10 23: C 54 ...

  6. Alkyl group - Wikipedia

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    An acyclic alkyl has the general formula of −C n H 2n+1. A cycloalkyl group is derived from a cycloalkane by removal of a hydrogen atom from a ring and has the general formula −C n H 2n−1. [2] Typically an alkyl is a part of a larger molecule. In structural formulae, the symbol R is used to designate a generic (unspecified) alkyl group.

  7. Double bond - Wikipedia

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    The three sp 2 orbitals lie in a plane with ~120° angles. The p-orbital is perpendicular to this plane. When the carbon atoms approach each other, two of the sp 2 orbitals overlap to form a sigma bond. At the same time, the two p-orbitals approach (again in the same plane) and together they form a pi bond. For maximum overlap, the p-orbitals ...

  8. Alkyne - Wikipedia

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    A 3D model of ethyne (), the simplest alkyneIn organic chemistry, an alkyne is an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon—carbon triple bond. [1] The simplest acyclic alkynes with only one triple bond and no other functional groups form a homologous series with the general chemical formula C n H 2n−2.

  9. Functional group - Wikipedia

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    In organic chemistry, a functional group is a substituent or moiety in a molecule that causes the molecule's characteristic chemical reactions.The same functional group will undergo the same or similar chemical reactions regardless of the rest of the molecule's composition.