Chemistry Quiz

How is a primary carbon classified?

• Carbon bonded to one other carbon

• Carbon bonded to two carbons

• Carbon bonded to three carbons

• Carbon bonded to four carbons

What is the IUPAC name for chloroform?

• Methane

• Trichloromethane

• Dichloromethane

• Chloromethane

What is the term for the different arrangement in space allowing free rotation around carbon-carbon bonds?

• Conformations

• Configurations

• Isomers

• Enantiomers

What is assumed if there is only one branch group in a cycloalkane?

• It is at position 2

• It is at position 3

• It is at position 1

• It is at position 4

What is required for a halogenation reaction to proceed?

• Water

• Light or heat

• Pressure

• Catalyst

Which molecular geometry is NOT mentioned for carbon atoms

• Tetrahedral

• Trigonal planar

• Linear

• Octahedral

What is the term used for organic molecules with two double bonds?

• Alkadiene

• Alkatriene

• Alkane

• Alkyne

What is the suffix used for naming cycloalkenes?

• -ane

• -ene

• -yne

• -ol

Which of the following is a characteristic of aromatic hydrocarbons?

• They are always linear

• They have only single bonds

• They are saturated hydrocarbons

• They contain a benzene ring

What is the general formula for alkanes?

• CnH2n+2

• CnH2n-2

• CnH2n

• CnH2n+1