How to pronounce“alkane”in English
We added water, halogens, or other groups across a double or triple bond without removing any atoms.
Alkanes don’t have electron rich areas, so in episode 19, we used radical reactions to turn them into alkyl halides.
These reactions gave us a way to halogenate alkanes, basically installing molecular hotspots.
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Definitions of “alkane”
Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).
“The carbon chain of an alkane may be linear or branched, but must not contain loops (cycles); its chemical formula is of the form CₙH₂ₙ₊₂.”
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