Hydrocarbons (CmHn) are a group of compounds that consist only of carbon and hydrogen. The group of substances is quite diverse, there are several subgroups and many compounds of this class, but it is the simplest group of substances in organic chemistry. The hydrocarbons including light hydrocarbon have gained great technical importance in many other areas, such as organic synthesis, primarily due to their huge occurrences as fossil fuels. Methane, an alkane, is the simplest representative of hydrocarbons and the main component of natural gas.
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The most important alkanes are methane and ethane, they are also found in space, among the alkenes is ethene, the most important cycloalkene is cyclohexene, and among the alkynes the most important compound is ethyne. The most important cycloalkane is cyclohexane, which is found in petroleum. Important polyenes are butadiene, isoprene, and cyclopentadiene. There are many important arenas, benzene, toluene, xylene, and styrene are just a few. The simplest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are biphenyl, naphthalene, and anthracene.
Properties of light hydrocarbon
Optimal (complete) combustion of a light hydrocarbon produces water and carbon dioxide, insufficient (incomplete) combustion can also produce carbon monoxide or carbon (soot) and water. In the case of incomplete combustion, less energy is released, which is why optimal combustion of hydrocarbons is important. If a hydrocarbon burns with a sooty flame, this can also be an indication of a higher proportion of carbon in the compound (higher chain length, unsaturated hydrocarbons).
Hydrocarbons that have the same empirical formula can have different structural formulas (linkages of the carbon atoms). They are then isomers. They are found in the alkanes starting with butane and in most other hydrocarbons. Special isomerism, the cis-trans isomerism, sometimes occurs at C=C double bonds.
Light hydrocarbon is insoluble in water but soluble in most organic solvents. This means that hydrocarbons are hydrophobic, i.e. also lipophilic.
The reactivity of the alkanes depends on their chain length. Long-chain alkanes are relatively inert (a little reactive). However, in addition to redox reactions when they are burned, they like to undergo substitution reactions, whereby hydrogen atoms can be exchanged for other atoms and groups of atoms, but mainly halogens.
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