Level 5 · Science S5.8

Organic chemistry

Carbon forms millions of compounds, and a few patterns explain how they react.

Planned. This book is not written yet. Below is its plan, which a teacher can already use.

You are ready for this book if

You can draw the dot and cross diagram of methane.

The plan

  1. S5.8.1 Naming organic compounds
    • Name alkanes, alkenes, alcohols and acids using IUPAC rules
    • Draw displayed, structural and skeletal formulae
  2. S5.8.2 Isomers
    • Identify structural isomers and stereoisomers
    • Explain why some molecules have optical isomers
  3. S5.8.3 Alkanes and fuels
    • Explain the fractional distillation of crude oil
    • Describe free radical substitution in alkanes
  4. S5.8.4 Alkenes and polymers
    • Explain electrophilic addition to alkenes with curly arrows
    • Compare addition and condensation polymers and how they are disposed of
  5. S5.8.5 Halogenoalkanes and alcohols
    • Explain nucleophilic substitution in halogenoalkanes
    • Describe the oxidation of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols
  6. S5.8.6 Carbonyls, acids and esters
    • Tell aldehydes from ketones with simple tests
    • Explain how esters form and where they are used
  7. S5.8.7 Benzene, amines and amino acids
    • Explain the stability of benzene and its substitution reactions
    • Describe how amino acids join to form proteins
  8. S5.8.8 Analysis and synthesis
    • Identify compounds from infrared, mass and NMR spectra
    • Plan a two step synthesis from given reactions

For parents and teachers

Level 5 fits learners who can already: read a textbook. use functions and graphs. In many schools that is about 17 to 20, but start wherever the learner is.

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