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Year 12 Chemistry

Basic organic chemistry and alkanes

Naming organic compounds, functional groups, structural and displayed formulae, isomerism, alkanes, cracking, combustion and radical substitution.

Basic organic chemistry and alkanes free practice

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1. Pentane, 2-methylbutane and 2,2-dimethylpropane have boiling points of 36 °C, 28 °C and 10 °C, in some order. Which boiling point belongs to 2,2-dimethylpropane, and why?

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