Honors Chemistry Unit 9 – Organic Chemistry
Consider:
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What are the major groups of organic compounds?
Can an organic compound have multiple functional groups?
How can distillation and extraction be used to purify an ester?
Learning Targets: Students will:
 Systematically
name and diagram
basic to complex organic compounds
 Describe reactions and write
equations for a variety of organic
reactions, including combustion,
fermentation and ester formation.
 Construct models of simple to
complex organic molecules and their
isomers
 Synthesize
a variety of esters in the
lab and purify one of them through a
multi-step purification process.
KEY VOCABULARY:
ESTER SYNTHESIS AND PURIFICATION
LAB.
ESTER FORMATION:
ORGANIC ACID + ALCOHOL --- ESTER + WATER
ESTER PURIFICATION:
1) Reflux condenser to insure 100% reaction
2) Distillation to separate the ester from the
water.
3) Extraction of leftover alcohol with saturated
sodium carbonate, leaving “pure” ester.
ADDITIONAL LAB WORK: Slime mini lab,
canned heat (SMORES) lab
KEY ACTIVITIES
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Alkane
Meth_
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Alkene
Eth_
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Alkyne
Prop_
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Alkyl
But_
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Cyclo
Pent_
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Alcohol
Hex_
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Ethers
Hept_
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Aldehyde
Oct_
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Ketone
Non_
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Carboxylic Acid
Dec
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Ester
Amine
On worksheets and a unit test be able to:
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Draw an accurate structural diagram given the
name of an organic compound
Accurately name an organic compound given a
structural diagram.
Given an organic compound provide at least 3
structural isomers.
Balance the combustion of a variety of
hydrocarbon fuels.
Construct wooden molecular models of organic
compounds given a set of parameters.
This unit will contain 1 major lab and several informal
lab learning opportunities.