Question 4
How many carbon-carbon triple bonds are present in a molecule of 4,5-diethyloctane?

We will have zero bonds

Explanation:

In this case, we have to start with the structure of 4,5-diethyloctane. This name ends with the suffix "ane" therefore we have an alkane. All the alkanes are made with single bonds between carbons and single bonds between carbon and hydrogen.

The molecule will have a carbon chain of eight carbons and we will have 2 branches, one ethyl on carbon 4 and another ethyl on carbon 5. (see figure 1)

since the atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus, as we move to the left on the periodic table, the electrostatic pull between the nucleus and the valence electron shell decreases. as we move down a group (vertical column), the valence shell energy level gets further and further from the nucleus.