Syafiqs Group Comparison between Alkene and Alcohol.

Syafiq, Nasreen, Nazreen, Aiman, Naqib

Alkene
General formula: CnH2n Functional group: C=C

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Alkene boiling points

Boiling point trends

B.P.
200
150

100

50

0
-50

10

11

-100

-150

Graph of alkene of double bond at position 1

Continued
40 35

30

25

Blue Red

Cis structure Trans structure

20

15

10

0 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 5 5.2

Graph comparing cis and trans structure of but-2-ene and pent-2-ene

Why?
As number of carbons increase, boiling points increase. This is because, the relative molecular mass of the compound increases, increasing the Van der Waals forces. In cis and trans structure, the cis structures have higher boiling points compared to trans structure because it has a resultant dipole moment because of how the structure is composed.

Alcohol
General formula: CnH2n+1OH Functional group: OH

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