Question

Complete the following table:

Straight chain of Carbon compounds	Structural formula	Molecular formula	Name
C	\[\begin{array}{cc}\ce{H}\\|\\\ce{H - C - H}\\ |\\\ce{H}\end{array}\]	CH4	Methane
C-C	______	______	Ethane
C-C-C	______	C3H8	______
C-C-C-C	\[\begin{array}{cc} \ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\ |\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\\ce{H - C - C - C - C - H}\\|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\ \ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H} \end{array}\]	______	______

Answer 1

Straight chain of Carbon compounds	Structural formula	Molecular formula	Name
C	\[\begin{array}{cc}\ce{H}\\|\\\ce{H - C - H}\\ |\\\ce{H}\end{array}\]	CH4	Methane
C-C	\[\begin{array}{cc}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\ |\phantom{....}|\\\ce{H - C - C - H}\\ |\phantom{....}|\\\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H} \end{array}\]	C2H6	Ethane
C-C-C	\[\begin{array}{cc}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\ |\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\\ce{H - C - C - C - H}\\ |\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H} \end{array}\]	C3H8	Propane
C-C-C-C	\[\begin{array}{cc} \ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\ |\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\\ce{H - C - C - C - C - H}\\|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\ \ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H} \end{array}\]	C4H10	Butane