Chemistry: AS Level Organic Reaction Mechanisms

A quiz summarising all of the different reaction mechanisms required for AQA GCE Chemistry (AS)

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What is a nucleophile?
A 'nucleus-loving' species
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What is an electrophile?
An 'electron-loving' species
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What is the mechanism for the production of alcohols from haloalkanes?
Nucleophilc substitution
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How are alkenes produced from alcohols?
Acid-catalysed elimination
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What is the name of the mechanism for the production of a haloalkane from an alkane?
Elimination
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Card 2

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What is an electrophile?

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An 'electron-loving' species

Card 3

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What is the mechanism for the production of alcohols from haloalkanes?

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Card 4

Front

How are alkenes produced from alcohols?

Back

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Card 5

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What is the name of the mechanism for the production of a haloalkane from an alkane?

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Preview of the front of card 5

Comments

yovina khiroya

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really hard!

Becki Carroll

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Some of your answers are wrong...

The first one should be Free-Radical Substitution

The last one should be Nucleophillic Substitution

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Soorya Siva

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These questions don't have the right answer as one of the options. Please corrrect.

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