2. Draw a structural formula for 3,4-hexene (C6H12), which has a double bond between the number 3 and 4 carbons in the chain. What class of compound is it, and what feature distinguishes it as that class?

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Gwendolyn Conway

6 April, 12:34

2. Draw a structural formula for 3,4-hexene (C6H12), which has a double bond between the number 3 and 4 carbons in the chain. What class of compound is it, and what feature distinguishes it as that class?

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Libby Dunn · Answer 1

The structure will be:

H₃C-CH₂-CH=CH-CH₂-CH₃

This class of compounds is known or referred to as alkenes. Alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons that contain a carbon-carbon double bond. The present of this double bond alters the properties of alkenes rom alkanes.