Name:  ___________________________
ISOMERS OF OCTANE

Problem: What are the 18 isomers of octane? 

Procedure: 1) Use toothpicks and marshmallows to create the 18 isomers of octane. 2) Name each isomer. 3) Draw condensed, structural, skeltal and super condensed formulas for each isomer. 

OCTANE 
Formulas:   
 

skeletal:   C-C-C-C-C-C-C
 

STRUCTURAL:            H H H H H H H H
                                       l   l  l     l     l    l     l     l
                                 H - C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-H
                                                        l      l     l     l     l    l    l     l
                                                                H  H H H H H H H 

CONDENSED: CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH3 

SUPER CONDENSED: CH3-(CH2)6-CH3
1) OCTANE
2) 2-METHYLHEPTANE
3) 3-METHYL HEPTANE
4) 4-METHYL HEPTANE
5) 2,5-DIMETHYLHEXANE
6) 3,4-DIMETHYLHEXANE
7) 2,3 DIMETHYLHEXANE
8) 2,4-DIMETHYLHEXANE
9) 2,3,4-TRIMETHYLPENTANE
10) 3-ETHYL,2-METHYLPENTANE
11) 3-ETHYL,3-METHYLPENTANE
12) TETRAMETHYLBUTANE
13) 2,2-DIMETHYLHEXANE
14) 3,3- DIMETHYLHEXANE
15) 2,2,3-TRIMETHYLPENTANE
16) 2,3,3-TRIMETHYLPENTANE
17) 2,4,4-TRIMETHYLPENTANE
18) 3-ETHYLHEXANE