Chemistry Question

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Lets say you have methane (CH4) and a catenation occurs. Does another carbon join or another molecule of methane? Another molecule of methane doesn't make sense, but I'm not sure about a carbon joining because they didn't give any examples of it in the text book or specify it clearly...

 

[minendo]

Catenation?

Closest I can come to that is creating a CH3+ cation.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: minendo
Catenation?

Closest I can come to that is creating a CH3+ cation.

Here is what the problem says"

Draw a structural formula that demonstrates the catenation of the methane molecule, CH4

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: minendo
Catenation?

Closest I can come to that is creating a CH3+ cation.

Here is what the problem says"

Draw a structural formula that demonstrates the catenation of the methane molecule, CH4

Loss of a proton to form CH3+.

 

[Babbles]

Considering the fact that a loss of a proton makes it CH3- not CH3+ so that is probably not correct. How do you lose a positive (H+) component and end up with a positive molecule?

Anyhow catenation is the formation of a polymer, not the creation of a cation - that would be ionization.

So catenation could be represented as CH3- plus CH3- to form C2H6 (ethane) or so and so forth to form some sort of aliphatic compound.

 

[Babbles]

Double post but just did a quick google search for you and HERE is a page that might help you out.

 

[Evadman]

2 alcohol molecules join via an H bond, which forms a carbohydrate. Unless of course, you drink joined molecule. In that case, it is not a carbuhydrate at all, it is just empty calories.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Evadman
2 alcohol molecules join via an H bond, which forms a carbohydrate. Unless of course, you drink joined molecule. In that case, it is not a carbuhydrate at all, it is just empty calories.

And we know that carbohydrates are slowly killing us all.

 

[Babbles]

And the entire time I thought it was the SUVs that were killing us.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Babbles
And the entire time I thought it was the SUVs that were killing us.

SUVs kill you from outside, carbs kill from within :evil: