GCSE Chemistry — Organic Chemistry

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All 15 questions in this deck

  • What is crude oil and how was it formed?
  • State the general formula for alkanes and name the first four.
  • Explain how fractional distillation separates crude oil into fractions.
  • How do the properties of hydrocarbons change as chain length increases?
  • What are the products of the complete combustion of a hydrocarbon?
  • Describe the process and purpose of cracking.
  • What is an alkene and state its general formula.
  • Describe the chemical test for an alkene and the positive result.
  • What happens during an addition reaction of an alkene?
  • Name the functional group of alcohols and give the formula for ethanol.
  • State the conditions required for the fermentation of sugar to produce ethanol.
  • Why are carboxylic acids considered to be weak acids?
  • How is an ester formed, and state its functional group.
  • Describe what happens in addition polymerisation.
  • What functional groups are in an amino acid, and what do they form?

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