Who can explain the structural formula of heptadecane to me?

Hello,

I don't understand why, for example, heptadecane has C17H 36.

Isn't that a combination of heptane and decane?

Heptane: C7H16

Decane: C10H22

Together that would be 38 times H?

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RedPanther
1 year ago

You are absolutely right that a heptane and a decan together have 38 H atoms.

But at Heptadecan you’re wrong:

It’s not a merger of Heptan and Decan.

Not at all. A continuous chain of 17 carbon atoms.

If you write a heptane and a decane in succession, do you get a continuous chain of carbon atoms?

No, you have something in the middle – CH2 – CH2 – H H – CH2 – CH2 -.

And these two H atoms in the middle are the ones who prepare you headbreaks. In a heptadecane, they do not exist because the chain of carbon atoms passes through. But if you think two separate molecules like a heptane and a decane, they exist.

ith2230
1 year ago

it’s a good thing

the easiest thing is if you sign this→a C atom always has four connections

you can also easily take this one formula to find out more quickly the H atoms: CnH2*n+2

So, for example, 1 C atom then lasts 2*1+2 4, so you then have 4 H atoms

then as formula: C1H2*1+2

so clear?

ADFischer
1 year ago
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To connect the two molecules, you need to remove two hydrogen atoms. Otherwise, your product contains five-binding carbon atoms.