Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry
11.4Alkanes
Alkanes in Cambridge IGCSE 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.
- 11.4.1State that the bonding in alkanes is single covalent bonds and that alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons.
- 11.4.2Describe alkanes as generally unreactive, apart from combustion and substitution by chlorine.
- 11.4.3Supplement: state that in a substitution reaction one atom or group of atoms is replaced by another atom or group of atoms.
- 11.4.4Supplement: describe the substitution reaction of alkanes with chlorine as a photochemical reaction in which ultraviolet light provides the activation energy, and draw the structural or displayed formulae of the products (monosubstitution only).
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