organic structures

Shapes of Organic Molecules Worksheet

1.

functional group	shape	hybrid orbitals	polar?
alkene	trigonal planar	sp²	no
alkyne	linear	sp	no
amine	trigonal pyramidal	sp³	yes
alcohol	bent	sp3	yes
ether	bent	sp3	yes
aldehyde	trigonal planar	sp²	yes
ketone	trigonal planar	sp²	yes
carboxylic acid	C trigonal planar O bent	C sp² O sp³	yes

2. There are four alkenes with the formula C₄H₈.
butene

butene

3.

structures

The aldehyde and ketone are isomers.

4. amino acids

amino acids

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