WJEC A-level Chemistry 1410QS · 2.5(d)
Reactivity of alkanes and alkenes
- Code
- 2.5(d)
- In
- 2.5 Hydrocarbons
- Topic
- 2 AS Unit 2: Energy, Rate and Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
- Course
- A-level Chemistry 1410QS
- Board
- WJEC
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Points in 2.5 Hydrocarbons
- 2.5(a) Combustion of alkanes and fossil fuels
- 2.5(b) C—C and C—H bonds in alkanes as σ-bonds
- 2.5(c) Mechanism of radical substitution, such as the photochlorination of alkanes
- 2.5(d) Reactivity of alkanes and alkenes
- 2.5(e) C=C bond in ethene and other alkenes as comprising π-bond and σ-bond
- 2.5(f) E–Z isomerism in terms of restricted rotation about a carbon-carbon double bond
- 2.5(g) Electrophilic addition to alkenes
- 2.5(h) Bromine/bromine water and potassium manganate(VII) tests for alkenes
- 2.5(i) Addition of HBr to propene and carbocation stability
- 2.5(j) Catalytic hydrogenation of ethene
- 2.5(k) Addition polymerisation