CHEM 30 B LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

CHAPTER 11: ALKANES & 

CHAPTER 12: UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS 

AS A RESULT OF STUDYING THE APPROPRIATE MATERIALS,  the student will be expected to be able to:

            1. Name the “straight-chain” or “normal” alkanes and cycloalkanes from 1 to 20 carbons. 

            2. Compute the number of hydrogens in an alkane or cycloalkane, given the number of C. 

            3. Identify a structure as normal, branched, or cyclic. 

            4. Identify the longest continuous unbranched chain within a molecule. 

            5. Identify and properly locate alkyl and halo substituents on the main chain. 

            6. Name alkanes and cycloalkanes  and their halo derivatives according to IUPAC rules. 

            7. Given an IUPAC name, draw the corresponding structure. 

            8. Given a structural formula, compute the molecular formula C_xH_y 

            9. Draw and name multiple structures corresponding to a given molecular formula. 

            10. Interconvert readily between expanded, condensed, and stick [geometric] structures. 

            11. WRITE a balanced equation for the combustion of ANY HYDROCARBON. 

            12. NAME the five basic classes of hydrocarbons,and
                    DESCRIBE the defining structural characteristics of each. 

            13. STATE the major natural sources of alkanes, alkenes, and aromatic hydrocarbons. 

            14. LIST the 4 intermolecular attractive forces in order of decreasing strength. 

            15. IDENTIFY structural features within molecules associated with each type of force. 

            16. RELATE molecular structure to physical properties such as boiling point, solubility. 

            17. DEMONSTRATE understanding of the difference between structural (constitutional)
                    and geometric isomerism in cycloalkanes 

            18. LOCATE the longest chain within a molecule containing a double or triple bond
                     and  number the chain properly. 

            19. CLASSIFY a double bond as mono-, di-, tri-, or tetra-substituted;
                    for disubstituted,  CLASSIFY as geminally or vicinally disubstituted;
                    for vicinally, CLASSIFY as cis or trans. 

            20. NAME alkenes and alkynes according to IUPAC rules. 

            21. RECOGNIZE the structures of: benzene, naphthalene, toluene, phenol, aniline,
                         nitrobenzene, xylene, styrene, benzaldehyde, benzoic acid. 

            22. IDENTIFY and/or DRAW ortho-, meta-, and para- disubstituted benzene derivatives. 

            23. LIST and DEMONSTRATE the several types of addition reactions to double bonds. 

            24. Use Markovnikov’s rule where appropriate 

            25. DESCRIBE the types of bonds [sigma or pi] , bond angles, and resultant molecular                         geometry associated with sp³, sp², and sp - hybridized carbon. 

            26. DESCRIBE the features needed for a compound to be classified as “aromatic”. 

            27. DRAW stick structures of addition polymers produced from a given monomer. 

            28. RECOGNIZE, DEFINE, and APPLY the key words and terms listed below: 

© Ronald W. Rinehart, 2002