Lesson 17 – Reactions of Alcohols

There are three types of alcohol: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Primary (at the end of a chain): When oxidized under distillation they form Aldehydes When oxidized under reflux they form Carboxylic Acid Secondary (middle of chain): When oxidized under reflux they form Ketones Tertiary: Tertiary alcohols do not oxidize Continue reading →

Lesson 16 – Reactions of Alkenes

Alkenes undergo Addition Reactions. There are three different types of addition reaction: Hydrogenation, Halogenation and Hydration. Hydrogenation: Halogenation: Hydration: Continue reading →

Lesson 15 – Reactions of Alkanes

A substitution reaction of alkanes has three stages: Initiation, Propagation, Termination 1. Initiation: 2. Propagation: 3. Termination: Continue reading →

Lesson 14 – Organic Reagents

Homolytic Fission – is the breaking of a covalent bond, with one of the bonded electrons going to each atom, forming two radicals Radical – a species with an unpaired electron (a single dot is often written next to the species to represent the unpaired electron) Heterolytic Fission – is the breaking of a covalent … Continue reading →