Chapter 13 (Alkenes) Flashcards
What is the reactivity of alkenes ?
- more reactive than alkanes due to pi bond
- C=C is made up of a sigma and a pi bond
What happens in alkene addition reactions ?
small molecule added across the double bond, pi bond breaks, new bond forms
What happens in the hydrogenation of alkenes ?
- Alkene + hydrogen + (nickel catalyst) -> Alkane
What happens in halogenation ?
- Br2 or Cl2 is added to alkene to form haloalkane
- F2 is too reactive
What happens in the addition of hydrogen halides ?
- alkenes reacts with hydrogen halide dissolved in water to also form haloalkane
- if alkene is liquid then hydrogen halide is bubbled through
What is the differences between symmetrical and unsymmetrical products ?
What happens in the hydration of alkenes ?
- alkene + water(steam) + (phosphoric acid) -> alcohol
- this can form symmetrical and unsymmetrical products.
What is an electrophilic addition reaction ?
- the double bond in an alkene represents a region of high electron density due to pi electrons
- high electron density attracts electrophiles
- electrophile - an atom that is attracted to an electron rich centre and accepts an electron pair, usually positive ions, or molecule with a partial + charge
What does the mechanism of electrophilic addition look like ?
- the + carbon is a carbocation
What is the mechanism for bromination ?
What is an addition polymer ?
These are composed of a repeating pattern of a single monomer, no other products are produced in the reaction
What type of monomers does addition polymerisation use ?
-unsaturated alkenes undergo addition polymerisation
- produces long saturated chains containing, NO double bonds
- carried out at high temperatures and high pressure
- ethane -> poly(ethene)
How do you represent addition polymers ?
- the repeated unit is written in square brackets
- after the bracket write a n to show a large number of repeats
What is the difference between HDPE and LDPE ?
- HDPE have less branching meaning they can get closer to each other meaning there are stronger london forces, meaning they have relatively high melting and boiling points
- LDPE have lists of branching so can’t get closer to each to each other meaning weaker London forces
What are the uses of polymers ?
What are the environmental impact of polymers ?
How can polymers be used as fuels ?
What are biodegradable and photodegradable polymers ?
why do alkenes display stereoisomerism ?
- the functional groups are attatched to the C=C meaning the carbons remain fixed in their position, this is because free rotation of the bonds about C=C is not possible due to the presence of a π bond
what is cis/trans isomerism ?
- cis-trans isomerism is a special case of E/Z isomerism
- 1 of the attatched groups on each C=C must be hydrogen
- Cis: H atoms on the same side (Z)
- trans: H atoms diagonally oposite(E)
what is EZ isomerism ?
- atoms / groups are given prority based on their atomic number
- if the groups with higher priority are on the same side of the C=C then it is a Z-isomer
- if the groups of higher priority are at a diagonal acrros the C=C then it is an E-isomer
what is an example of working out E/Z isomerism ?
