Organic Chemistry

• Homologous series are groups of organic compounds that have similar properties, and so react in similar ways.
• Hydrocarbons only contain hydrogen and carbon
• Unsaturated hydrocarbons have a double bond
• Amino acids have an amino group (NH2) and a carboxylic acid group (COOH)
• Alkenes have a double bond
• What is produced when 2 amino acids react together by condensation polymerisation?

  polypeptides
• Propene reacts with hydrogen to become propane
• Oxidising agents react with alcohols to produce carboxylic acids
• The formula of methanol is CH3OH
• The chemical formula of ethanol is C2H5OH
• Ethanol is produced from sugar by fermentation in yeast cells, between 5 and 45 °C
• A diol is a molecule which contains two alcohol functional groups
• Ethanol + sodium → sodium ethoxide + hydrogen
• Condensation polymerisation is joining different monomers that have two functional groups on the ends of the molecules.
• Cellulose is a polymer of beta-glucose