Line structures

[David Chibukhchian 2G]

Hey guys, I had a question about one of the bullet points on this unit's outline. It says, "Draw line structures of organic compounds." I was a bit confused as to what exactly this means. Are line structures different from Lewis structures? And if so, is there a particular process we have to use in order to draw them? I was thinking it might be the hexagonal structure for benzene, since that's made with lines, but I'm not entirely sure. Any input would be really helpful!

[Praneetha Kakarla 3A]

Hey! Since organic compounds have a bunch of carbon atoms, line structures just remove "C" and it is assumed that there is a C atom at the end of a line and the intersection between lines. H atoms are also omitted.

I found this picture that shows the difference b/w Lewis and line structures, so hopefully this helps! The website also explains it well.
https://employees.csbsju.edu/cschaller/ ... awings.htm

[Pranav Daggubati 3C]

Line drawings are extremely simplified forms of depicting molecules. Ends and kinks of a chain are carbons by default unless denoted otherwise, and all hydrogens are omitted unless they are part of branch groups, like -OH.

[David Chibukhchian 2G]

Ohh okay that definitely makes sense. I knew it had to do with the simplified form of the benzene ring that we looked at in class but I wasn't entirely sure, so I wanted to check. I'll just assume that whenever there's a line with no atom attached at a corner, then it's meant to signify a carbon atom. Also, I'll remember that hydrogen atoms are usually omitted as well. Thank you!