Answer to Question #233338 in Organic Chemistry for jarin

Question

Consider the compound 3(R),5,5-trimethylcyclohexene. Upon reduction with H, 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.