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Only some cyclic carbon atom rings can properly be called aliphatic: those without any carbon-carbon double bonds or aromatic ring bonds. For example, cyclohexane is aliphatic, but cycolohexene and benzene, which all contain rings of six carbon atoms, are not.
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Do Carbon compounds form rings or long chains?
Yes, both. Ring structures are called cyclic compounds and can be aromatic or aliphatic, there are a wide variety of cyclic compounds that can be made/found, such as furan and pyridine (both heterocycles). Functional groups such as OH can also be attached to a cyclic ring. "Chains" are aliphatic and are termed acyclic
What are types of hydrocarbons?
They can be open chain "acyclic/aliphatic" or closed chain "ring/cyclic" (carbon chains). Openhain is again of different types, saturated ie.only single bonds or unsturated ie.double or thriple bonds. Cyclic hydrocarbons can be monocyclic or polycyclic
What is aliphatic molecule?
They are basically noncyclic or cyclic molecules that are not aromatic. Thus, instead of the normal benzene ring that has 3 double bonds inside, it is just a saturated closed ring.
What is an alicycle?
An alicycle is an alicyclic compound - any of a class of compounds with both aliphatic and cyclic structure.
What are cyclic and acyclic organic molecule?
An acyclic organic molecule is an open chain compound, for example alkanes and acyclic aliphatic compounds. A cyclic organic molecule is a molecule in which a series of atoms connect to form a loop or ring.
What is a Aliphatic Hydrocarbon?
An open chain of carbon atoms. e.g. hexane
What is an alpha carbon?
In organic chemistry, an alpha carbon is the first carbon atom of an aliphatic chain which is attached to a functional group.
Why do saturated aliphatic compounds have single bonds?
Saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons have only single bonds and all non carbon to carbon bonding sites are taken up by hydrogen ions. The formula for this is Cn-H2n+2
What is saturated aliphatic carbon hydrocarbon?
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What is the difference between aromatic and aliphatic compounds?
Aliphatic compounds could be straight chain structures [Acyclic] like alkanes or cyclic structures, like cycloalkanes. Aliphatic compounds are hydrocarbon chains - strings of carbon atoms connected to each other with hydrogen atoms hanging off the sides of the chain. one exception for the definition of aliphatic side chain is Proline which also has aliphatic side chain but the its side chain is bonded to both carbon and nitrogen. Aromatic compounds have benzene ring (older notion). Aromatic compounds are those which follow Huckel's rule. (4n + 2pi) rule. They have the general formula: CnH2n-6 [where n is equal to or greater than 6] Aromatic compounds are rings - so take the chain and connect the two ends together to form a continuous loop.
What shape of a carbon chain play?
carbon chain can be linear, branched or cyclic in nature.
How many carbon atoms in the simplest cycloalkane?
Three carbon
