ChemBook Chapter:
Chapter 8: Intro Organic & Plastics

Learning Outcomes

Students will know...

1. know what we mean by the term straight-chain alkane (8.1)
2. know what an organic isomer is and how to identify one (8.1)
3. know the formulas and names of the first ten alkanes (8.1)
4. know how to identify functional groups on an organic structure and classify the type of organic compound (8.2)
5. know the differences in primary (1°), secondary (2°), and tertiary (3°) alcohols and amines (8.3)
6. know the difference in homolytic and heterolytic cleavage and how we show it (8.3)
7. know the 4 fundamental organic reaction types of and how to distinguish between them (8.4)
8. know the main monomer name and structure plus the repeat unit for the big 6 plastics (8.5)
9. know the difference in an addition reaction and a condensation reaction to build polymers (8.5-8.8)
10. know which polymers are based on monomers (addition polymers) and copolymers (condensation polymers) (8.5-8.9)
11. know some of the key features/properties of the big 6 plastics (8.5)
12. know the names and key monomer/copolymer units for our "other" polymers (8.6)
13. know the names and repeat units for the set of nature's polymers that we covered and how they are chemically linked (8.9)