Give the names of one physical process and one chemical process that are used in processing crude oil.
Explain the low reactivity of alkanes.
State the bond angles for ethane and ethene molecules.
State the shape of each molecule in terms of the arrangement of the atoms bonded to each carbon atom: ethane and ethene.
Explain why these molecules have different shapes by referring to the carbon-carbon bonds present.
Use a sequence of equations to describe the mechanism for the reaction of ethane with chlorine to form chloroethane. Name the stages in this reaction.
Write an equation to show how butane may form as a side-product of this reaction.