Answer to Question #233191 in Organic Chemistry for Riya

Question

5 pts) Consider the compound 3(R),5,5-trimethylcyclohexene. Upon reduction with H2 on a 1% Pt/C catalyst, draw the equation for this reaction, find out the absolute configuration of the product and explain why the absolute configuration is completely inverted in this reaction.

Answer 1

Alkanes are the simplest organic compounds consist of only hydrogen and carbon bonded with only single bonds between carbon atoms. The general chemical formula of alkanes is calculated by CnH2n+2. Alkanes are also called as saturated hydrocarbon which includes monocyclic or polycylic molecule.

Types of Alkanes and Examples

There are three types of chemical structure of alkanes known such as linear, branched, and cyclic alkanes.

Linear alkanes should have the carbons bonded together in a chain-like structure, which is similar to a snake or rope. The following are some examples for linear alkanes.

Branched alkanes can form linear alkanes but instead of having just a straight chain in their chemical structure, and branched with one or more alkyl groups. An alkyl group is a group of carbon and hydrogen atoms attached to an alkane molecule.

The following are some examples for branched alkanes.

Here we can see that the alkane chain has branches of alkyl groups (methyl group).

Cyclic alkanes or cycloalkanes contain the hydrogen and carbon atoms bonded together with single bonds, where the carbon atoms bond together to form a ring or loop.

The following are some examples for cycloalkanes.