Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Carbon and its compounds - what to study ?

poor conductors of electricity

bonding does not give rise to new

Formation of Carbon compounds

Single bonds, double bonds and triple bonds

Allotropes of Carbon – diamond and graphite

Versatile nature of Carbon

Catenation

Tetravalency

Saturated and Unsaturated Carbon compounds

Molecular Formula

Structural formula

Chains, branches and rings

Functional Groups

Homologous Series

Nomenclature of Carbon compounds

Prefixes and/or Suffixes of functional groups

Chemical properties of carbon compounds

Combustion (eg. C+O2 CO2)

Oxidation

Addition Reaction

Substitution Reaction

Important Carbon Compounds

Properties of Ethanol

Reactions of ethanol with sodium and unsaturated hydrocarbon

Properties of Ethanoic Acid

Reaction of ethanoic acid

Esterification reaction

Reaction with a base

Reaction with carbonates and hydrogencarbonates

Soaps and detergents

Micelles

Hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties of soaps

Formation of scum

Uses of detergents

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