Lecture 17 objectives and skills
- Understand the nature of alkanes, how alkanes are isolated from petroleum, and general unreactivity of alkanes.
- Draw the mechanistic steps for radical halogenation of alkanes.
- Understand/interpret/draw reaction coordinate diagrams.
- Know the “Key Features” of halogenation reactions.
- Explain observed selectivity of bromine over chlorine.
- Predict the product(s) of radical halogenation reactions.
- Combine all known reactions to solve synthesis problems.
Skills
- Critical assessment using abstract concepts
- Outcome predictions
- Comparisons of fine details
- Building knowledge libraries