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CCEA Life and Health Sciences A2 2 Organic Chemistry overview quiz quiz

16questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Members of the same homologous series always share:

  2. What does the suffix -ol at the end of an organic name indicate?

  3. What is the IUPAC name of CH3CH2CH2OH?

  4. Which reaction type is characteristic of alkenes?

  5. How is an alkene distinguished from an alkane in the laboratory?

  6. When a primary alcohol is completely oxidised, the final product is:

  7. What colour change occurs when acidified potassium dichromate oxidises an alcohol?

  8. Structural isomers are compounds with the:

  9. Cis-trans (E-Z) isomerism in an alkene requires that:

  10. In a mass spectrum, the molecular ion peak gives the:

  11. Infrared spectroscopy identifies functional groups because:

  12. How is the Rf value in chromatography calculated?

  13. Addition polymerisation requires monomers that are:

  14. Which small molecule is usually lost during condensation polymerisation?

  15. Why is poly(ethene) not biodegradable?

  16. Proteins are an example of which type of polymer?