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1. Describe the bonding in hydrocarbons (organic compounds).
2. Distinguish between alkanes, alkenes and alkynes.
3. Distinguish between straight-chain and branched hydrocarbons.
4. Draw the structure of and name simple hydrocarbons (methane, ethane, ethene, ethyne, propane, propene, propyne, butane, butane, butyne).
5. Build a model of and name a simple hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, ethane, ethyne, propane, propene, propyne, butane, butene, butyne).
6. Draw and build a model of a simple cyclic hydrocarbon (ring-based hydrocarbon such as benzene).
7. Distinguish among structural, geometric and stereoisomers.
8. Recognize common functional groups found in organic compounds (halogens, alcohols, ether, aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, amine).
9. Recognize three important carbon-based fossil fuels.
10. Describe common important applications of the study of organic compounds (fuels and energy, drugs and medicines, foods and nutrients, polymers and plastics, fragrances, nucleic acids and bioinformation).
eight allotropes of carbon