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 UNIT 2: CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS II
MODULE 1: THE CHEMISTRY OF CARBON COMPOUNDS

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

On completion of this Module, students should:

1. appreciate the scope and nature of carbon-based compounds;

2. understand the processes involved in the formation of carbon compounds;

3. understand the reactions of various functional groups of carbon compounds; and,

4. critically assess the impact of carbon-based compounds on our daily lives.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES EXPLANATORY NOTES SUGGESTED PRACTICAL
ACTIVITIES

1. Structure and Formulae

Students should be able to:

1.1. explain the occurrence of Catenation, tetravalency,
carbon compounds with hybridisation and
straight chains, branched resonance of carbon atoms
chains and rings; to be used as basis.

1.2. explain the meaning of Chemical and physical
the term ‘homologous characteristics.
series’;

1.3. distinguish among
empirical, molecular and
structural formulae;

1.4. determine formulae from
experimental data;

1.5. write structural formulae; Structural formulae may be
written in the following
formats:

Displayed
H H
H C C O H
H H

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