ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
LEARNING GOALS
TIER 1
Explain what an empirical formula is
Explain what a molecular formula is
Explain what a structural formula is
Explain what an isomer is
Know the prefixes used in organic chemistry up to ten
Explain what is meant by a homologous series
TIER 2
Recognize the following functional group: alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, esters, carboxylic acid, benzene rings, amino
groups and halides
Identify primary, secondary and tertiary carbon atoms in alcohols and halogenalkanes
Identify between an alkane, alkene and alkyne
TIER 3
Deduce structural formulas for isomers of non-cyclic alkanes up to six carbons
Apply the IUPAC rules for isomers of the straight-chain alkane up to six carbons
Deduce structural formulas for alkenes and alkynes with only one double and triple bond respectively.
Apply the IUPAC rules for naming alkenes and alkynes with only one double and triple bond respectively.
TIER 4
Deduce structural formulas for compounds up to six carbon atoms with one of the following functional groups: alcohols,
ketones, aldehydes, esters, carboxylic acid, benzene rings, amino groups and halides
Apply the IUPAC rules for naming compounds up to six carbon atoms with one of the following functional groups:
alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, esters, carboxylic acid, benzene rings, amino groups and halides
TIER 5
Predict and explain trends in boiling points of members of a homologous series
Discuss the volatility and solubility in water of compounds containing the functional groups: compounds up to six carbon
atoms with one of the following functional groups: alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acid, and halides .
Describe using equations the complete and incomplete combustion of alkanes
Describe using equations the reactions of methane and ethane with chlorine and bromine
Describe using equations the reaction of alkenes with hydrogen and halogens
Describe using equations, the reactions of symmetrical alkenes with hydrogen halides and water
Distinguish between alkanes and alkenes using bromine water
Describe using equations the complete combustion of alcohol
Describe using equations the oxidation of alcohols
Describe using equations the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols
Describe using equations the substitution reactions of halogenoalkanes with sodium hydroxide
TIER 6
Explain the reactions of methane and ethane with chlorine and bromine in terms of a free radical mechanism
Outline the polymerization of alkenes
Outline the economic importance of the reaction of alkenes
Explain the substitution reactions of halogenoalkanes with sodium hydroxide in terms of SN1 and SN2 mechanisms
Deduce reaction pathways given the starting materials and the product.