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    • Alkanes
      • Complete combustion
        • Carbon dioxide and water
      • Incomplete combustion
        • Water (and carbon dioxide or soot)
      • Substitution (replace a hydrogen with a halogen under UV light)
        • Halogenoalkanes
          • React with hydrogen halides (at 100 degrees celcius)
            • Electrophilic addition (carbocation as intermediate)
          • Nucleophilic substitution (can also be called hydrolysis)
            • With concentrated ammonia and heat in a sealed tube
              • Amine
            • With potassium cyanide (or cyanide ion) in heat under reflux
              • Nitrile
            • Primary halogenoalkanes have SN2 mechanism
              • Alcohol + halogen (ion)
                • See alcohol section for alcohol reactions
            • Tertiary halogenoalkanes have SN1 mechanism
              • Carbocation and then alcohol
      • Cracking
        • Alkenes (mainly addition reactions)
          • React with hydrogen halides (at 100 degrees celcius)
            • Electrophilic addition (carbocation as intermediate)
          • Hydrogenation (heat, hydrogen and nickel catalyst)
            • Alkanes
              • Complete combustion
                • Carbon dioxide and water
              • Incomplete combustion
                • Water (and carbon dioxide or soot)
              • Substitution (replace a hydrogen with a halogen under UV light)
                • Halogenoalkanes
                  • Nucleophilic substitution (can also be called hydrolysis)
                    • With concentrated ammonia and heat in a sealed tube
                      • Amine
                    • With potassium cyanide (or cyanide ion) in heat under reflux
                      • Nitrile
                    • Primary halogenoalkanes have SN2 mechanism
                      • Alcohol + halogen (ion)
                        • See alcohol section for alcohol reactions
                    • Tertiary halogenoalkanes have SN1 mechanism
                      • Carbocation and then alcohol
              • Cracking
                • Alkenes (mainly addition reactions)
                  • Hydrogenation (heat, hydrogen and nickel catalyst)
                    • Catalytic hydration (sulfuric acid catalyst)
                      • Alcohols
                        • Combustion
                          • Carbon dioxide and water
                        • Oxidation of primary alcohols (acidified potassium dichromate or manganate catalyst) - Reflux
                          • Aldehyde
                            • Oxidation (acidified potassium dichromate or manganate catalyst)
                              • Carboxylic Acid
                                • React with an alcohol (esterification, nucleophilic substitution or condensation)
                                  • Esters
                                • Reductrion (Lithium aluminium hydride as catalyst in dry ethoxyethane)
                                  • Alcohols
                                    • Combustion
                                      • Carbon dioxide and water
                                    • Oxidation of primary alcohols (acidified potassium dichromate or manganate catalyst) - Reflux
                                      • Aldehyde
                                        • Oxidation (acidified potassium dichromate or manganate catalyst)
                                          • Carboxylic Acid
                                            • React with an alcohol (esterification, nucleophilic substitution or condensation)
                                              • Esters
                                            • Reductrion (Lithium aluminium hydride as catalyst in dry ethoxyethane)
                                          • Reduction (Sodium borohydride as catalyst) to get primary alcohol
                                        • Oxidation of secondary alcohols(acidified potassium dichromate or manganate catalyst)
                                          • Ketones
                                            • Reduction (Sodium borohydride as catalyst) to get secondary alcohol
                                          • Note: Tertiary alcohols are resistant to oxidation
                                          • React with carboxylic acid (esterification, nucleophilic substitution or condensation)
                                    • Reduction (Sodium borohydride as catalyst) to get primary alcohol
                                  • Oxidation of secondary alcohols(acidified potassium dichromate or manganate catalyst)
                                    • Ketones
                                      • Reduction (Sodium borohydride as catalyst) to get secondary alcohol
                                    • Note: Tertiary alcohols are resistant to oxidation
                                    • React with carboxylic acid (esterification, nucleophilic substitution or condensation)
                                  • Bromine water
                                    • Colourless solution (Halogenoalcohol + hydrogen halide)
                                  • React with halogens (e.g. Cl-Cl can have carbocation as intermediate)
                                    • Dihalogenoalkane
                                      • See halogenoalkane section for all possible reactions
                                  • Addition polymerisation (sometimes uses organic peroxide catalyst)
                                    • Polymers
                          • Catalytic hydration (sulfuric acid catalyst)
                            • Bromine water
                              • Colourless solution (Halogenoalcohol + hydrogen halide)
                            • React with halogens (e.g. Cl-Cl can have carbocation as intermediate)
                              • Dihalogenoalkane
                                • See halogenoalkane section for all possible reactions
                            • Addition polymerisation (sometimes uses organic peroxide catalyst)
                              • Polymers
                      • Benzene
                        • Nitration (heated with mixture of  concentrated nitric and sulfuric acid)
                          • Nitrobenzene
                            • Reduction (heat with mixture of tin and concentrated hydrochloric acid/ sodium hydroxide)
                              • Phenylamine
                          • Electrophilic substitution
                        • Generally undergoes substitution reactions as addition reactions  break down the delocalised system and benzene's stability
                        • Hydrogenation
                          • Cyclohexane (C6H10)
                        • Alkanes containing benzene
                          • Same reactions as halogenoalkanes
                        • Halogen substiitution
                          • 'halo'benzene
                            • e.g. Chlorobenzene
                          • With a catalyst e.g. aluminium chloride

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