Question

question 6 (1 point) how many hydrogens does the molecule carvone have? make sure you count all the hydrogens that are not shown in this skeletal structure. carvone 12 14 16 18 20

Explanation:

Step1: Recall carbon - hydrogen bonding rules

Carbon forms 4 bonds. In skeletal structures, each vertex and end - point represents a carbon atom. Hydrogens are not shown but are inferred based on the number of bonds to carbon.

Step2: Count carbon atoms

There are 10 carbon atoms in the carvone molecule.

Step3: Analyze bonds to count hydrogens

• The carbonyl carbon ($C = O$) has 2 bonds to oxygen and 2 other bonds (assume 0 hydrogens on this carbon).
• Double - bonded carbons in the ring and the side - chain double - bond have 1 hydrogen each (there are 3 such double - bonded carbons, so 3 hydrogens).
• Other carbons in the ring and side - chain are saturated or have single bonds. The remaining 7 non - double - bonded and non - carbonyl carbons have 2 or 3 hydrogens each. Counting them up:
• After accounting for all the bonds to other carbons and the oxygen, the total number of hydrogen atoms is 14.

Answer:

14