Chemistry 331 - Winter 1996
Elements of Organic Chemistry I

Skills from Chapter 4 - Alkenes and Alkynes

• read and understand the summary of concepts and key words at the end of the chapter
• read and understand the summary of reactions at the end of the chapter
• use standard reaction notations
• predict reaction products, given reactants and reaction conditions
• identify reaction conditions needed to carry out a particular reaction, given reactants and desired product
• choose an appropriate starting material and reaction conditions to prepare a desired product
• give correct IUPAC names for alkenes and alkynes
• formulate mechanisms for electrophilic addition reactions of alkenes and alkynes
• distinguish 1,2- and 1,4-addition
• write a chain reaction mechanism for alkene polymerization
• apply the Markovnikov Rule
• recognize the order of stability for carbocations
• apply the Zaitsev Rule
• distinguish syn and anti addition
• recognize resonance forms and their relationship to stability