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 name simple organic compounds (8.2)
5. know how to identify functional groups on an organic structure and classify the type of organic compound (8.3)
6. know the differences in primary (1°), secondary (2°), and tertiary (3°) alcohols and amines (8.4)
7. know the difference in homolytic and heterolytic cleavage and how we show it (8.4)
8. know the 4 fundamental organic reaction types of and how to distinguish between them (8.5)
9. know the main monomer name, the structure (repeat unit), and the key features and properties of the big 6 plastics (8.6)
10. know the key structural differences that lead to the different properties of LDPE and HDPE (8.7)
11. know the difference in an addition reaction and a condensation reaction to build polymers (8.9-8.10)
12. know which polymers are based on monomers (addition polymers) and copolymers (condensation polymers) (8.6-8.10)
13. know the names and key monomer/copolymer units for our "other" polymers (8.8)
14. know the names, repeat units, and key properties for the set of nature's polymers that we covered (8.11)
15. know the names and structures of the links that connect the monomer units of all the polymers we covered

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