Name: Structure of Benzene
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 3 min 53 s
Description: Benzene is the most commonly known aromatic compound and is a significant part of gasoline. In this video, we will study the structure and properties of benz...

Question

Transform the following word equation into a balanced chemical equation and write at least 3 changes that occur at the molecular level during this chemical change.

2 - methylpropene + 4 Hydrogen \overset{Catalyst}{\to} Isobutane

Accepted Answer

2-methylpropene is an unsaturated hydrocarbon with a double bond. Unsaturated compounds generally undergo addition reactions, such as hydrogenation. Effectively addition reaction removes the multiple bonds by the addition of atoms or groups of atoms. Thus, 2-methylpropene on hydrogenation in the presence of platinum, palladium, or nickel catalyst gives isobutane as the final product. The balanced chemical equation is given below:

$+ 4 H_{2} \overset{Pt / Pd / Ni}{\to}$

At the molecular level, the bond between the hydrogen in hydrogen molecules and also the carbon-carbon double bond in 2-methylpropene are broken down and a new bond between carbon and hydrogen is formed to form the product isobutane.

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