Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry
13.1Formulas, functional groups and the naming of organic compounds
Formulas, functional groups and the naming of organic compounds in Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 13.1.1Define hydrocarbon.
- 13.1.2Recognise alkanes as hydrocarbons with no functional group.
- 13.1.3Recognise that a functional group dictates physical and chemical properties.
- 13.1.4Use general, structural, displayed and skeletal formulae of the listed classes.
- 13.1.5Name simple aliphatic molecules with the listed functional groups up to six carbons.
- 13.1.6Deduce molecular and empirical formulae from structural, displayed or skeletal formulae.
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