Alkanes

What the syllabus asks of you

• State that the bonding in alkanes is single covalent and that alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons
• Describe the properties of alkanes as being 3 State that in a substitution reaction one atom or generally unreactive, except in terms of group of atoms is replaced by another atom or combustion and substitution by chlorine group of atoms 4 Describe the substitution reaction of alkanes with chlorine as a photochemical reaction, with ultraviolet light providing the activation energy, Ea, and draw the structural or displayed formulae of the products, limited to monosubstitution