Cycloalkanes
Characteristics:
- are cyclic saturated hydrocarbons that contain a ring of carbon atoms joined by single bond
General formula: CnH2n
Shape of cycloalkanes:
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cyclopropane > planar structure -
cyclobutane > from a planar structure but it is very close to planar structure - square -
cyclopentane > from a planar structure but it is very close to planar structure - pentagon -
cyclohexane > forms two boundary conformations (conformation isomerism):
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boat strucutre chair structure
Cycloalkanes
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